I have two JavaScript arrays orig
(the original array of objects) and update
(the updated orig array of objects) that have the same length and contain objects, and I want to output the differences between the each pair of objects.
Example:
var orig = [{enabled:"true", name:"Obj1", id:3},{enabled:"true", name:"Obj2", id:4}];
var update = [{enabled:"true", name:"Obj1", id:3}, {enabled:"true", name:"Obj2-updated", id:4}];
The output should be: name:"Obj2-updated"
I implemented something but it needs optimization...
for(var prop=0; prop<orig.length; prop++) {
for(prop=0; prop<update.length; prop++) {
if(orig[prop].enabled != update.enabled) { console.log(update.enabled) }
if(orig[prop].name != update[prop].name) { console.log(update[prop].name) }
if(orig[prop].id != update[prop].id) { console.log(update[prop].id) }
}
}
You could filter the keys and get a result set with the updated keys.
var orig = [{ enabled: "true", name: "Obj1", id: 3 }, { enabled: "true", name: "Obj2", id: 4 }],
update = [{ enabled: "true", name: "Obj1", id: 3 }, { enabled: "true", name: "Obj2-updated", id: 4 }],
difference = [];
orig.forEach(function (a, i) {
Object.keys(a).forEach(function (k) {
if (a[k] !== update[i][k]) {
difference.push({ id: update[i].id, key: k, value: update[i][k], index: i });
}
});
});
console.log(difference);
Assuming, that the property names of both are identical and the values are just primitives (no objects, arrays etc.):
Object.keys( orig )
.forEach( (key) => {
if( orig[ key ] !== update[ key ] ) {
console.log( update[key] );
}
});
Use Object.keys
to cycle through your object. Something like:
var orig = {
enabled: "true",
name: "Obj1",
id: 3
};
var update = {
enabled: "true",
name: "Obj1-updated",
id: 3
};
var diff = {};
Object.keys(orig).forEach(function(key) {
if (orig[key] != update[key]) {
diff[key] = update[key];
};
})
console.log(diff);
You can use a single loop to go through the properties of the original object and check against the updated object to find out which properties have been modified.
var orig = {
enabled: "true",
name: "Obj1",
id: 3
};
var update = {
enabled: "true",
name: "Obj1-updated",
id: 3
};
for (var key in orig) {
if (orig[key] !== update[key]) {
console.log(key + ': ' + update[key]);
}
}
You could use a library like lodash or Ramda to do it in a concise manner. In the case of Ramda you could do:
R.difference(update, orig);