How to group or merge this array of objects in javascript?

Question

I have an array of objects like below for example.

{name: \"Mc Donald\", quantity: 4, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0}
{name: \"KFC\", quantity: 9, maleCou         


        

Answer 1

You could group with a hash table and use an array for the keys with variable values.

var array = [{ name: "Mc Donald", quantity: 4, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "Mc Donald", quantity: 4, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }],
    groups = Object.create(null),
    result = array.reduce(function (r, o) {
        var values = ['quantity', 'maleCount', 'femaleCount'];
        if (!groups[o.name]) {
            groups[o.name] = { name: o.name };
            r.push(groups[o.name]);
            values.forEach(function (k) { groups[o.name][k] = 0; });
        }
        values.forEach(function (k) { groups[o.name][k] += o[k]; });
        return r;
    }, []);

console.log(result);

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With linq.js

var array = [{ name: "Mc Donald", quantity: 4, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "Mc Donald", quantity: 4, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 1, femaleCount: 0 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }, { name: "KFC", quantity: 9, maleCount: 0, femaleCount: 1 }],
    result = Enumerable.From(array)
        .GroupBy(
            "$.name",
            null,
            "{ name: $.Key, quantity: $$.Sum('$.quantity'), maleCount: $$.Sum('$.maleCount'), femaleCount: $$.Sum('$.femaleCount') }"
        )
        .ToArray();

console.log(result);

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