Getting the values for a specific key from all objects in an array

Question

I\'m running an express.js app that has a few apis feeding data to dropdown boxes. The data returned is in the form:

  [
    {
        key: \'blah\',
                


        

Answer 1

You could extract the values via map, and form them into a regex to match values against.

Example: http://repl.it/X0V

var items=
[
    {
        key: 'blah',
        value: 'Blah Blah'
    },
    {
        key: 'foo',
        value: 'Foos'
    },
    {
        key: 'bar',
        value: 'Bars'
    },
    {
        key: 'baz',
        value: 'Bazingo'
    }
];

var toReg = items.map(function(obj){
    return obj.key; 
}).join('|');
var regex = new RegExp('^('+ toReg +')$');

//To test the regex
var itemsToTest = ['blah', 'Pies', 'foo', 'Bazingo'];
itemsToTest.forEach(function(key){
   if(regex.test(key)){
       console.log(key);
   }
});