I have an object of arrays say
obj_of_arr = {a : [1,2], b:["foo","bar"]}
and I want to turn it into the equivalent array of objects
arr_of_obj = [{a:1,b:"foo"},{a:2,b:"bar"}]
What is the most elegant way to achieve this? I can "brute force" this but I want to know if there is an elegant way. If it involves jQuery it's fine.
Why not just do it with two loops?
Note: If this is the "brute force" way you talked about, then I don't know how to help you. Even if there's some jQuery (or other framework) function that does this, it probably uses a similar construct internally, as those frameworks usually don't have any magical powers that let them be faster or more efficient.
function obj_to_arr(obj_of_arr) {
var objects = [];
for (var prop in obj_of_arr) {
for (var i = 0; i < obj_of_arr[prop].length; i++) {
if (typeof(objects[i]) != "object") {
objects[i] = {};
}
objects[i][prop] = obj_of_arr[prop][i];
}
}
return objects;
}
const obj_of_arr = {a : [1,2], b:["foo","bar"]};
console.log(obj_to_arr(obj_of_arr));