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How to merge two objects with same property in Node JS

I have a JSON Data like this:

"Data": [
            {
                "time": "18:40:43",
                "count": 7,
                "endTime": "15:46:25",
                "date": "2019-01-16",
                "dow": "Thursday"
            },
            {
                "count": 11,
                "time": "16:39:52",
                "endTime": "19:41:03",
                "dow": "Thursday",
                "date": "2019-01-16"
            },
]

I want to merge two objects in this array, but it have same properties like date, dow

at the end I want to represent data like this:

"Data": [
            {
                "time": "16:39:52",
                "count": 18,
                "date": "2019-01-16",
                "dow": "Thursday"
                "endTime": "19:41:03",
            },
]

time: should be least from both objects and endTime should be largest of both of them count should be sum of both. date and dow is common in both objects

How can I merge these object in this way in node JS?

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza
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const data=[
            {
                "time": "18:40:43",
                "count": 7,
                "endTime": "15:46:25",
                "date": "2019-01-16",
                "dow": "Thursday"
            },
            {
                "count": 11,
                "time": "16:39:52",
                "endTime": "19:41:03",
                "dow": "Thursday",
                "date": "2019-01-16"
            },
];
let date=(time)=>new Date().setHours(...time.split(":"));

let newData=[];
data.forEach((item)=>{
  let findItem=newData.findIndex((e)=>e.date===item.date && e.dow===item.dow);
  if(findItem!=-1){
  let find=data.filter((e)=>e.dow===item.dow && e.date===item.date);
  let time=find.filter((i)=>find.find(i2=>date(i2.time)>date(i.time)));
    let endTime=find.filter((i)=>find.find(i2=>date(i2.endTime)<date(i.endTime)));
  item.endTime=endTime?.[0]?.endTime || item?.endTime;
  item.time=time?.[0]?.time || item?.time;
  item.count=find.map((e)=>e.count).reduce((partialSum, a) => partialSum + a, 0);
   let findItem=newData.findIndex((e)=>e.date===item.date && e.dow===item.dow);
   if(findItem!=-1) newData.splice(findItem,1);
   newData.push(item);
  }

 else newData.push(item);
});
console.log(newData);

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

0

Here's a simple and readable answer:

const data = [
  {
    time: "18:40:43",
    count: 7,
    endTime: "15:46:25",
    date: "2019-01-16",
    dow: "Thursday",
  },
  {
    count: 11,
    time: "16:39:52",
    endTime: "19:41:03",
    dow: "Thursday",
    date: "2019-01-16",
  },
];
const mergeObjects = (data) => {
  mergedObj = { ...data[0] };
  for (i = 1; i < data.length; i++) {
    const obj = data[i];
    for (const key in obj) {
      switch (key) {
        case "count":
          mergedObj.count = (mergedObj.count || 0) + obj.count;
        case "time":
          mergedObj.time =
            mergedObj.time < obj.time ? mergeObjects.time : obj.time;
        case "endTime":
          mergedObj.endTime = mergedObj.endTime > obj.endTime ? mergeObjects.endTime : obj.endTime;
      }
    }
  }
  return mergedObj;
};

console.log(mergeObjects(data));

output

{
    "time": "16:39:52",
    "count": 18,
    "date": "2019-01-16",
    "dow": "Thursday"
    "endTime": "19:41:03",
},
about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report

0

Assuming

  • "Data" would have only two objects inside it
  • time would be in "HH::MM::SS" format

Pass the values onto constructJSON utility function which would return the formatted value

var Data = [
            {
                "time": "18:40:43",
                "count": 7,
                "endTime": "15:46:25",
                "date": "2019-01-16",
                "dow": "Thursday"
            },
            {
                "count": 11,
                "time": "16:39:52",
                "endTime": "19:41:03",
                "dow": "Thursday",
                "date": "2019-01-16"
            },
]


function constructJSON(data)
{
 const returnData = {}
 returnData['count'] = data[0].count + data[1].count
 returnData['date'] = data[0].date    // since its common for both
 returnData['dow'] = data[0].dow      // since its common for both
 returnData['time'] = parseInt(data[0].time.split(':').join(''),10) < parseInt(data[1].time.split(':').join(''),10) ? data[0].time:data[1].time;
  returnData['endTime'] = parseInt(data[0].endTime.split(':').join(''),10) > parseInt(data[1].endTime.split(':').join(''),10) ? data[0].endTime:data[1].endTime;
 
  return returnData
}

console.log(constructJSON(Data))

about 4 years ago · Juan Pablo Isaza Report
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