If I have array of objects like this one I want to group it by property value
const unitsPhotos = [{
fieldname: 'unit_1',
name: 'Photo 1',
size: 324
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_2',
name: 'Photo 11',
size: 321
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_1',
name: 'Photo 41',
size: 541
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_2',
name: 'Photo 14',
size: 123
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_3',
name: 'Photo 144',
size: 1223
}
];
How to create three new separate arrays of objects based on fieldname ( or single array that contains those arrays of objects ) something like this
const groupedArray = [
[{
fieldname: 'unit_1',
name: 'Photo 1',
size: 324
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_1',
name: 'Photo 132',
size: 325
}],
[{
fieldname: 'unit_2',
name: 'Photo 11',
size: 321
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_2',
name: 'Photo 14',
size: 123
}],
[{
fieldname: 'unit_3',
name: 'Photo 144',
size: 1223
}]];
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Answer
you can first unique the array and next push them to groupedArray like this:
const unitsPhotos = [{
fieldname: 'unit_1',
name: 'Photo 1',
size: 324
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_2',
name: 'Photo 11',
size: 321
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_1',
name: 'Photo 41',
size: 541
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_2',
name: 'Photo 14',
size: 123
},
{
fieldname: 'unit_3',
name: 'Photo 144',
size: 1223
}
];
const unitsPhotosArr = unitsPhotos.map(item => item.fieldname)
// you can find uniques with this function
const toFindUniques = arry => arry.filter((item, index) => arry.indexOf(item) === index)
const uniques = toFindUniques(unitsPhotosArr);
const groupedArray = [];
for (const element of uniques) {
const item = unitsPhotos.filter(el => el.fieldname === element);
groupedArray.push(item)
}