How to convert JS Object to Array

Question

I need to convert a hash map

{ 
    \"fruit\" : [\"mango\",\"orange\"],
    \"veg\"   : [\"carrot\"]
} 

to

[ 
  { \"type\         


        

Answer 1

I would like to give an "oneline" solution:

var b = Object.keys(a).map(e => { return { type:e, name:a[e] } });

Economy of words at your service. Question asked for translating an object to an array, so I'm not duplicating above answer, isn't it?