filtering an array of objects based on another array containing keys in javascript

Question

I have an array of Objects as shown below:

people = [
{id: "1", name: "abc", gender: "m", age:"15" },
{id: "2", name: "a", gender: "m", age:"25" },
{id: "3", name: "efg", gender: "f", age:"5" },
{id: "4", name: "hjk", gender: "m", age:"35" },
{id: "5", name: "ikly", gender: "m", age:"41" },
{id: "6", name: "ert", gender: "f", age:" 30" },
{id: "7", name: "qwe", gender: "f", age:" 31" },
{id: "8", name: "bdd", gender: "m", age:" 78" },
 ]

And I have another array containing the values I want from the object:

filter = ['name','age']

I want to filter the array of people to return an array of objects that contains only values in that filter. So the Output should look like this:

    people = [
{ name: "abc",  age:"15" },
{ name: "a", age:"25" },
{ name: "efg",  age:"5" },
{ name: "hjk",  age:"35" },
{ name: "ikly",  age:"41" },
{ name: "ert",  age:" 30" },
{ name: "qwe",  age:" 31" },
{ name: "bdd", age:" 78" },
 ]

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Answer 1

You could map the object and take the keys for new entries.

var people = [{ id: "1", name: "abc", gender: "m", age: "15" }, { id: "2", name: "a", gender: "m", age: "25" }, { id: "3", name: "efg", gender: "f", age: "5" }, { id: "4", name: "hjk", gender: "m", age: "35" }, { id: "5", name: "ikly", gender: "m", age: "41" }, { id: "6", name: "ert", gender: "f", age: " 30" }, { id: "7", name: "qwe", gender: "f", age: " 31" }, { id: "8", name: "bdd", gender: "m", age: " 78" }],
    keys = ['name', 'age'],
    result = people.map(o => Object.fromEntries(keys.map(k => [k, o[k]])));

console.log(result);

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