JavaScript merging objects by id

Question

What\'s the correct way to merge two arrays in Javascript?

I\'ve got two arrays (for example):

var a1 = [{ id : 1, name : \"test\"}, { id : 2, name :         


        

Answer 1

A working TypeScript version:

export default class Merge {
  static byKey(a1: any[], a2: any[], key: string) {
    const res = a1.concat(a2).reduce((acc, x) => {
      acc[x[key]] = Object.assign(acc[x[key]] || {}, x);
      return acc;
    }, {});

    return Object.entries(res).map(pair => {
      const [, value] = pair;
      return value;
    });
  }
}

test("Merge", async () => {
  const a1 = [{ id: "1", value: "1" }, { id: "2", value: "2" }];
  const a2 = [{ id: "2", value: "3" }];

  expect(Merge.byKey(a1, a2, "id")).toStrictEqual([
    {
      id: "1",
      value: "1"
    },
    { id: "2", value: "3" }
  ]);
});