Trying to make a function that uses filter but not a for or while loop or foreach function, that will loop through an array of objects only to return their property values. For example,
function getShortMessages(messages) {
return messages.filter(function(obj){
return obj.message
});
}
so if I call
getShortMessages([{message:"bleh"},{message:"blah"}]);
I should get a return of an array = ["bleh","blah"] I'm just not sure how to implement filter under these guidelines. Also I was thinking of using a chain function maybe .map.
//// Here is the entire code challenge specification/////
Basic: Filter Exercise 4 of 18
Use Array#filter to write a function called getShortMessages.
getShortMessages takes an array of objects with '.message' properties and returns an array of messages that are less than < 50 characters long.
The function should return an array containing the messages themselves, without their containing object.
{
message: 'Esse id amet quis eu esse aute officia ipsum.' // random
}
[ 'Tempor quis esse consequat sunt ea eiusmod.',
'Id culpa ad proident ad nulla laborum incididunt.',
'Ullamco in ea et ad anim anim ullamco est.',
'Est ut irure irure nisi.' ]
function getShortMessages(messages) {
// SOLUTION GOES HERE
}
module.exports = getShortMessages
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Use .filter when you want to get the whole object(s) that match the expected property or properties. Use .map when you have an array of things and want to do some operation on those things and get the result.
The challenge is to get all of the messages that are 50 characters or less. So you can use filter to get only the messages that pass that test and then map to get only the message text.
function getShortMessages(messages) {
return messages
.filter(function(obj) {
return obj.message.length <= 50;
})
.map(function(obj) {
return obj.message;
});
}
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/rbbk65sq/
If it is possible for the input objects to not have a message property, you would want to test for it with obj.message && obj.message.length <= 50 like this:
function getShortMessages(messages) {
return messages
.filter(function(obj) {
return obj.message && obj.message.length <= 50;
})
.map(function(obj) {
return obj.message;
});
}
The same code samples in ES6:
const getShortMessages = (messages) => messages
.filter(obj => obj.message.length <= 50)
.map(obj => obj.message);
And if the input objects might not have the message property:
const getShortMessages = (messages) => messages
.filter(obj => obj.message && obj.message.length <= 50)
.map(obj => obj.message);
JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/npfsrwjq/
Though I realize this thread is super old, I felt it necessary to comment in the event that someone stumbles on it again. I would do it like above just using es6 syntax like this:
objects.filter(obj => obj.key === 'value').map(filteredObj => filteredObj.key);
So the above example would be:
getShortMessages = (messages) => messages.filter(obj => obj.message.length <= 50).map(obj => obj.message);
With custom return value (Simple ES6 Example);
const customReturnFiltere = (result) => {
return products.filter((obj) => {
return obj.stock !== 0;
})
.map((finalResult) => {
return {
...finalResult,
info: 'product will be filtered if stock is 0'
}
});
}