given that I have the following script, how can I only count if the array item has the value defined, in the following scenario i get 3 because it counts the arrays, but how do I check if the actual array attribute of firstName or lastname is not empty, I want it to count if either first name or last name is populated.
var x = [{"firstName":"guest1fnamee","lastName":"guest1fnamee"},{"firstName":"guest2fnamee","lastName":"guest2lnamee"},{"firstName":"","lastName":""}]
var noGuests = 0
for (a in x) {
noGuests++
}
alert(noGuests)
update My application's javascript render engine is outdated and can't use filter's.
SpiderMonkey 1.8.5
You can just filter the array by item which item.firstName and item.lastName is not empty and get the length of the result array
var x = [{"firstName":"guest1fnamee","lastName":"guest1fnamee"},{"firstName":"guest2fnamee","lastName":"guest2lnamee"},{"firstName":"","lastName":""}]
const result = x.filter(item => item.firstName && item.lastName).length;
console.log(result);If any of the firstName or lastName is populated then this will count. If you need both firstName and lastName then change the condition from || to &&.
var x = [{"firstName":"guest1fnamee","lastName":"guest1fnamee"},{"firstName":"guest2fnamee","lastName":"guest2lnamee"},{"firstName":"","lastName":""}]
var noGuests = 0
for (a in x) {
if (x[a]['firstName'] || x[a]['lastName']) {
noGuests++
}
}
console.log(noGuests);
Or can do so using forEach loop
var x = [{"firstName":"guest1fnamee","lastName":"guest1fnamee"},{"firstName":"guest2fnamee","lastName":"guest2lnamee"},{"firstName":"","lastName":""}]
var noGuests = 0
x.forEach(x => {
if (x.firstName || x.lastName) noGuests++;
})
console.log(noGuests);
function count_non_empty(collection) {
return filter_non_empty(collection).length;
}
function filter_non_empty(collection) {
return collection
&& collection.length
&& collection.filter(elem =>
(elem.firstName || '').trim() // <--- If firstName is empty or empty-like string
|| (elem.lastName || '').trim() // <--- If lastName is empty or empty-like string
) || [];
}
function count_non_empty(collection) {
return filter_non_empty(collection).length;
}
function filter_non_empty(collection) {
return collection &&
collection.length &&
collection.filter(elem =>
(elem.firstName || '').trim() // <--- If firstName is empty or empty-like string
||
(elem.lastName || '').trim() // <--- If lastName is empty or empty-like string
) || [];
}
let onlyLastName = {
"firstName": "",
"lastName": "SomeLastName"
};
let onlyFirstName = {
"firstName": "SomeFirstName",
"lastName": ""
};
let emptyLookingFirstName = {
"firstName": " ",
"lastName": "SomeLastName"
};
let emptyLookingLastName = {
"firstName": " SomeFIrstName ",
"lastName": " "
};
let havingBoth = {
"firstName": "guest1fnamee",
"lastName": "guest1fnamee"
};
let notHavingAny = {
"firstName": " ",
"lastName": ""
}
let x = [{
"firstName": "guest1fnamee",
"lastName": "guest1fnamee"
},
{
"firstName": "guest2fnamee",
"lastName": "guest2lnamee"
},
{
"firstName": " ",
"lastName": ""
}
];
console.log("Count - x:", count_non_empty(x));
console.log("Count:", count_non_empty([onlyLastName, onlyFirstName, havingBoth]));
console.log("Count:", count_non_empty([onlyLastName, onlyFirstName, havingBoth, emptyLookingFirstName]));
console.log("Count:", count_non_empty([onlyLastName, onlyFirstName, havingBoth, emptyLookingLastName]));
console.log("Count - Not Having Any:", count_non_empty([notHavingAny]));
console.log("Count - Having Both:", count_non_empty([havingBoth]));
console.log("Count - Not Having Any with Having Both:", count_non_empty([notHavingAny, havingBoth]));
console.log("Count - Not Having Any with Empty Looking First Name:", count_non_empty([notHavingAny, emptyLookingFirstName]));
console.log("Count - Not Having Any with Empty Looking Last Name:", count_non_empty([notHavingAny, emptyLookingLastName]));WYSIWYG => WHAT YOU SHOW IS WHAT YOU GET