eolas/neuron/cd5cdd66-905b-4f1f-b8e8-3a11ad507325/Concise_subfield_mapping_JS.md

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dv3u		Friday, June 28, 2024

Concise mapping of object subfields in JS

Scenario

You have an array of objects and you want to return the objects with only a subset of the fields.

Implementation

Standard approach with a map:

const arrayOfObjs = [
  { id: 12, name: "Thomas" },
  { id: 3, name: "Gerald" },
];

// We just want the `name` property

const subset = arrayOfObjs.map((obj) => {
  name: obj.name;
});

More concise approach with destructuring:

const subset = arrayOfObjs.map(({ name }) => ({ name }));

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