I found the question How to convert a file path into treeview?, but I'm not sure how to get the desired result in JavaScript:
I'm trying to turn an array of paths into a JSON tree:
https://jsfiddle.net/tfkdagzv/16/
But my path is being overwritten.
I'm trying to take something like this:
[
'/org/openbmc/path1',
'/org/openbmc/path2',
...
]
... and turn it into...
output = {
org: {
openbmc: {
path1: {},
path2: {}
}
}
}
I'm sure this is pretty easy, but I'm missing something.
Here is a solution I wrote:
var data = [
"/org/openbmc/examples/path0/PythonObj",
"/org/openbmc/UserManager/Group",
"/org/openbmc/HostIpmi/1",
"/org/openbmc/HostServices",
"/org/openbmc/UserManager/Users",
"/org/openbmc/records/events",
"/org/openbmc/examples/path1/SDBusObj",
"/org/openbmc/UserManager/User",
"/org/openbmc/examples/path0/SDBusObj",
"/org/openbmc/examples/path1/PythonObj",
"/org/openbmc/UserManager/Groups",
"/org/openbmc/NetworkManager/Interface"
];
var output = {};
var current;
for(var a=0; a<data.length; a++) {
var s = data[a].split('/');
current = output;
for(var i=0; i<s.length; i++) {
if(s[i] != '') {
if(current[s[i]] == null) current[s[i]] = {};
current = current[s[i]];
}
}
}
console.log(output);
It will do everything you need it to, and is compact. But, for the problem in your solution, it has to do with how you are managing current
. Specifically, you had this:
current = output[path[0]];
instead of this:
current = output;
which meant that the code to initialize output
, would run every time, because path[0]
is, in your data, always going to be ''
, and output['']
doesn't yet exist, so output
would always be reset/overwritten.
This function should do :
var parsePathArray = function() {
var parsed = {};
for(var i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
var position = parsed;
var split = paths[i].split('/');
for(var j = 0; j < split.length; j++) {
if(split[j] !== "") {
if(typeof position[split[j]] === 'undefined')
position[split[j]] = {};
position = position[split[j]];
}
}
}
return parsed;
}
Demo
var paths = [
"/org/openbmc/UserManager/Group",
"/org/stackExchange/StackOverflow",
"/org/stackExchange/StackOverflow/Meta",
"/org/stackExchange/Programmers",
"/org/stackExchange/Philosophy",
"/org/stackExchange/Religion/Christianity",
"/org/openbmc/records/events",
"/org/stackExchange/Religion/Hinduism",
"/org/openbmc/HostServices",
"/org/openbmc/UserManager/Users",
"/org/openbmc/records/transactions",
"/org/stackExchange/Religion/Islam",
"/org/openbmc/UserManager/Groups",
"/org/openbmc/NetworkManager/Interface"
];
var parsePathArray = function() {
var parsed = {};
for(var i = 0; i < paths.length; i++) {
var position = parsed;
var split = paths[i].split('/');
for(var j = 0; j < split.length; j++) {
if(split[j] !== "") {
if(typeof position[split[j]] === 'undefined')
position[split[j]] = {};
position = position[split[j]];
}
}
}
return parsed;
}
document.body.innerHTML = '<pre>' +
JSON.stringify(parsePathArray(), null, '\t')
'</pre>';
(see also this Fiddle)
NB: The resulting arrays need to be merged
This method works for both files & directories, and by using only arrays as the data format.
The structure is based upon arrays being folders, the first element being the folder name and the second - the contents array.
Files are just regular strings inside the array (but could easily be objects containing properties)
Converts =>
[
'/home/',
'/home/user/.bashrc',
'/var/',
'/var/test.conf',
'/var/www/',
'/var/www/index.html',
'/var/www/index2.html'
]
To =>
[
['home', [
['user', [
'.bashrc'
]]
]],
['var', [
'test.conf',
['www', [
'index.html',
'index2.html'
]]
]]
]
Script:
var paths = [
'/var/',
'/var/test.conf',
'/var/www/',
'/var/www/index.html',
'/var/www/index2.html'
]
var parsed = []
for (let path of paths) {
let tree = path.split('/')
let previous = parsed
console.groupCollapsed(path)
for (let item in tree) {
const name = tree[item]
const last = item == tree.length - 1
if (name) {
if (last) {
console.log('File:', name)
previous.push(name) - 1
} else {
console.log('Folder:', name)
let i = previous.push([name, []]) - 1
previous = previous[i][1]
}
}
}
console.groupEnd(path)
}
console.warn(JSON.stringify(parsed))