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How group multiple using lodash


I have below array

const array = [
  {
    key: 'TSJUcgLGig2UOdjAzlqq4KW5GK6PKXHC2ndw40HYIss7EKsV6nJ',
    location: { lat: '22.7196', lng: '75.8577' },
    address: { city: 'NY', country: 'USA' },
    className: 'FourthActivity',
    deviceId: '1111111111111111'
  },
  { 
    key: 'TSJUcgLGig2UOdjAzlqq4KW5GK6PKXHC2ndw40HYIss7EKsV6nJ',
    location: { lat: '22.7196', lng: '75.8577' },
    address: { city: 'NY', country: 'USA' },
    className: 'FourthActivity',
    deviceId: '222222222222222'
  },
  {
    key: 'TSJUcgLGig2UOdjAzlqq4KW5GK6PKXHC2ndw40HYIss7EKsV6nJ',
    location: { lat: '22.7196', lng: '75.8577' },
    address: { city: 'Landon', country: 'UK' },
    className: 'FourthActivity',
    deviceId: '33333333333'
 }
]

I have to group it by using two properties inside the object i.e. address and className. How can I do this either with loadash or javascript?

expected output

[{
  address: { city: 'NY', country: 'USA' }, className: 'FourthActivity',
  count: 2,
  data: [{
    deviceId: 222222222222222,
  }, {
    deviceId: 1111111111111111,
  }]
}, {
  address: { city: 'Landon', country: 'UK' }, className: 'FourthActivity',
  count: 1,
  data: [{
    deviceId: 33333333333,
  }]
}]

I have tried this but doesn't work

var selectedVehicle = _.filter(array, 'address')

  const selectedVehicles = _.groupBy(selectedVehicle, function(item) {
  return item.makeCode;
})

console.log(selectedVehicles)

Solution

  • You can reduce into an object, creating { address, className, count: 0, data: [] } if it doesn't exist for the given address / className pair yet, and then get that object's values:

    const array = [
      {
        key: 'TSJUcgLGig2UOdjAzlqq4KW5GK6PKXHC2ndw40HYIss7EKsV6nJ',
        location: { lat: '22.7196', lng: '75.8577' },
        address: { city: 'NY', country: 'USA' },
        className: 'FourthActivity',
        deviceId: '1111111111111111'
      },
      { 
        key: 'TSJUcgLGig2UOdjAzlqq4KW5GK6PKXHC2ndw40HYIss7EKsV6nJ',
        location: { lat: '22.7196', lng: '75.8577' },
        address: { city: 'NY', country: 'USA' },
        className: 'FourthActivity',
        deviceId: '222222222222222'
      },
      {
        key: 'TSJUcgLGig2UOdjAzlqq4KW5GK6PKXHC2ndw40HYIss7EKsV6nJ',
        location: { lat: '22.7196', lng: '75.8577' },
        address: { city: 'Landon', country: 'UK' },
        className: 'FourthActivity',
        deviceId: '33333333333'
     }
    ]
    const output = Object.values(array.reduce((a, { address, className, deviceId }) => {
      const addressClassNameStr = JSON.stringify({ address, className });
      if (!a[addressClassNameStr]) {
        a[addressClassNameStr] = { address, className, count: 0, data: [] };
      }
      a[addressClassNameStr].count++;
      a[addressClassNameStr].data.push({ deviceId });
      return a;
    }, {}));
    console.log(output);