break array of objects into separate arrays based on a property

Question

Say I have an array like this:

var arr = [
    {type:\"orange\", title:\"First\"},
    {type:\"orange\", title:\"Second\"},
    {type:\"banana\", title:\"Thi         


        

Answer 1

Just build a dictionary which holds the objects based on their title. You could do it like this:

js

var arr = [
{type:"orange", title:"First"},
 {type:"orange", title:"Second"},
 {type:"banana", title:"Third"},
 {type:"banana", title:"Fourth"}
];
var sorted = {};
for( var i = 0, max = arr.length; i < max ; i++ ){
 if( sorted[arr[i].type] == undefined ){
  sorted[arr[i].type] = [];
 }
 sorted[arr[i].type].push(arr[i]);
}
console.log(sorted["orange"]);
console.log(sorted["banana"]);

jsfiddle demo: http://jsfiddle.net/YJnM6/