object array Group by an element?

Question

Please see this example: JsFiddle

Question: I have the following JSON Array

y= [ {\"LngTrend\":15,\"DblValue\":10,\"DtmStamp\":13582260         


        

Answer 1

You can leverage JavaScript objects as a key/value data structure similar to a map. The property name will serve as the key, while the property value will serve as the value. This will allow you to group.

var y = [
     {"LngTrend":15,"DblValue":10,"DtmStamp":1358226000000},     
     {"LngTrend":16,"DblValue":92,"DtmStamp":1358226000000},    
     {"LngTrend":17,"DblValue":45,"DtmStamp":1358226000000},
     {"LngTrend":18,"DblValue":87,"DtmStamp":1358226000000},
     {"LngTrend":15,"DblValue":10,"DtmStamp":1358226060000},
     {"LngTrend":16,"DblValue":87,"DtmStamp":1358226060000},
     {"LngTrend":17,"DblValue":45,"DtmStamp":1358226060000},
     {"LngTrend":18,"DblValue":92,"DtmStamp":1358226060000},
];

var x = {};

for (var i = 0; i < y.length; ++i) {
    var obj = y[i];

    //If a property for this DtmStamp does not exist yet, create
    if (x[obj.DtmStamp] === undefined)
        x[obj.DtmStamp] = [obj.DtmStamp]; //Assign a new array with the first element of DtmStamp.

    //x will always be the array corresponding to the current DtmStamp. Push a value the current value to it.
    x[obj.DtmStamp].push(obj.DblValue);
}

console.log(x); //x is now an object grouped by DtmStamp. You can easily turn it back into an array here.