The goal is to break an object of unknown length and shape into small objects 3 elements each. Only vanilla JS solution; I don't want to use _.pick etc.
Example of large object:
const data = {
someFirstKey: 'someFirstVal',
someSecondKey: 'someSecondVal',
...
someLastKey: 'someLastVal'
}
Desired chunk with 3 keys:
{someKey0: 'someVal0', someKey1: 'someVal1', someKey2, 'someVal2'}
Ok, so this might not be the most efficient way, but it works on my box. ;)
const data = {} // fill in your data here
const keys = Object.keys(data); // gets you the keys from your obj.
const numberOfWholeParts = Math.floor( keys.length / 3 ); // or whatever your size limit is
const remainder = keys.length % 2; // keys left after all whole parts are filled
const arrayOfParts = [];
for(let i=0;i<numberOfWholeParts;i++) {
const obj = {};
const keySegment = keys.slice(i*3, i*3+3);
for(let j=0; j<3; j++) {
obj[keySegment[j]] = data[keySegment[j]];
}
arrayOfParts.push(obj);
}
if(remainder > 0){
const obj = {};
let remainingKeys = keys.slice(-remainder)
for(let i=0; i<remainingKeys.length;i++) {
obj[remainingKeys[i]] = data[remainingKeys[i]];
}
arrayOfParts.push(obj);
}
Based on the comments, it seems like you are actually looking for a way to split an object up into several smaller objects. I would approach that like this:
const data = {a:1,b:2,c:3,d:4,e:5,f:6,g:7};
const chunk_size = 3, chunks = [];
for ( const cols = Object.entries( data ); cols.length; )
chunks.push( cols.splice(0, chunk_size).reduce( (o,[k,v])=>(o[k]=v,o), {}));
console.log( chunks );
Using Object.fromEntries:
const entries = Object.entries(data);
const grouped = [];
for (let i = 0; i < entries.length; i++) {
if (i % groupSize === 0) {
grouped.push([entries[i]]);
} else {
grouped[Math.floor(i / groupSize)].push(entries[i]);
}
}
const chunks = grouped.map(o => Object.fromEntries(o));