I want to filter out key value pairs which are common in both objects. There are two objects:
first = {a:3 , b:4}
second = {a:5 , b:4}
I used the below code to solve this:
c = {}
for (const key of Object.keys(first)) {
for( const k of Object.keys(second)){
if ( key == k){
if (first[key]==second[k]){
c[key] = first[key]
}
}
}
}
This works fine and gives me the output {b:4}, but for the below test input values I get empty object as the output, I am not sure how to check for values that are common but not equal.
first = {a: 3, b: {x:7}};
second = {a: 4, b: {x: 7, y: 10}}
Here the output should be:
{b: {x:7}}
You could take a recursive approach for nested objects and check for common keys and common values or if both values are objects take the common values of the nested objects.
function getCommon(a, b) {
const isObject = o => typeof o === 'object';
return Object.fromEntries(Object
.keys(a)
.filter(Set.prototype.has, new Set(Object.keys(b)))
.filter(k => a[k] === b[k] || isObject(a[k]) && isObject(b[k]))
.map(k => [k, isObject(a[k]) ? getCommon(a[k], b[k]) : a[k]])
);
}
console.log(getCommon({ a: 3, b: { x: 7 } }, { a: 4, b: { x: 7, y: 10 } }));