How to convert an array into an object?

Question

What is the best way to convert:

['a','b','c']

to:

{
  0: 'a',
  1: 'b',
  2: 'c'
}

Answer 1

ECMAScript 6 introduces the easily polyfillable Object.assign:

The Object.assign() method is used to copy the values of all enumerable own properties from one or more source objects to a target object. It will return the target object.

Object.assign({}, ['a','b','c']); // {0:"a", 1:"b", 2:"c"}

The own length property of the array is not copied because it isn't enumerable.

Also, you can use ES8 spread syntax on objects to achieve the same result:

{ ...['a', 'b', 'c'] }

For custom keys you can use reduce:

['a', 'b', 'c'].reduce((a, v) => ({ ...a, [v]: v}), {}) 
// { a: "a", b: "b", c: "c" }

Answer 2

With a function like this:

function toObject(arr) {
  var rv = {};
  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i)
    rv[i] = arr[i];
  return rv;
}

Your array already is more-or-less just an object, but arrays do have some "interesting" and special behavior with respect to integer-named properties. The above will give you a plain object.

edit oh also you might want to account for "holes" in the array:

function toObject(arr) {
  var rv = {};
  for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; ++i)
    if (arr[i] !== undefined) rv[i] = arr[i];
  return rv;
}

In modern JavaScript runtimes, you can use the .reduce() method:

var obj = arr.reduce(function(acc, cur, i) {
  acc[i] = cur;
  return acc;
}, {});

That one also avoids "holes" in the array, because that's how .reduce() works.

Answer 3

You could use an accumulator aka reduce.

['a','b','c'].reduce(function(result, item, index, array) {
  result[index] = item; //a, b, c
  return result;
}, {}) //watch out the empty {}, which is passed as "result"

Pass an empty object {} as a starting point; then "augment" that object incrementally. At the end of the iterations, result will be {"0": "a", "1": "b", "2": "c"}

If your array is a set of key-value pair objects:

[{ a: 1},{ b: 2},{ c: 3}].reduce(function(result, item) {
  var key = Object.keys(item)[0]; //first property: a, b, c
  result[key] = item[key];
  return result;
}, {});

will produce: {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}

For the sake of completeness, reduceRight allows you to iterate over your array in reverse order:

[{ a: 1},{ b: 2},{ c: 3}].reduceRight(/* same implementation as above */)

will produce: {c:3, b:2, a:1}

Your accumulator can be of any type for you specific purpose. For example in order to swap the key and value of your object in an array, pass []:

[{ a: 1},{ b: 2},{ c: 3}].reduce(function(result, item, index) {
  var key = Object.keys(item)[0]; //first property: a, b, c
  var value = item[key];
  var obj = {};
  obj[value] = key;
  result.push(obj);
  return result;
}, []); //an empty array

will produce: [{1: "a"}, {2: "b"}, {3: "c"}]

Unlike map, reduce may not be used as a 1-1 mapping. You have full control over the items you want to include or exclude. Therefore reduce allows you to achieve what filter does, which makes reduce very versatile:

[{ a: 1},{ b: 2},{ c: 3}].reduce(function(result, item, index) {
  if(index !== 0) { //skip the first item
    result.push(item);
  }
  return result;
}, []); //an empty array

will produce: [{2: "b"}, {3: "c"}]

Caution: reduce and Object.key are part of ECMA 5th edition; you should provide a polyfill for browsers that don't support them (notably IE8).

See a default implementation by Mozilla.

Answer 4

If you're using jquery:

$.extend({}, ['a', 'b', 'c']);

Answer 5

For completeness, ECMAScript 2015(ES6) spreading. Will require either a transpiler(Babel) or an environment running at least ES6.

console.log(
   { ...['a', 'b', 'c'] }
)

Answer 6

In case you want to use one of the properties of the iterated objects as key, for example:

// from:
const arr = [
    {
        sid: 123,
        name: 'aaa'
    },
    {
        sid: 456,
        name: 'bbb'
    },
    {
        sid: 789,
        name: 'ccc'
    }
];
// to:
{
  '123': { sid: 123, name: 'aaa' },
  '456': { sid: 456, name: 'bbb' },
  '789': { sid: 789, name: 'ccc' }
}

Use:

const result = arr.reduce((obj, cur) => ({...obj, [cur.sid]: cur}), {})

Answer 7

I'd probably write it this way (since very rarely I'll not be having the underscorejs library at hand):

var _ = require('underscore');

var a = [ 'a', 'b', 'c' ];
var obj = _.extend({}, a);
console.log(obj);
// prints { '0': 'a', '1': 'b', '2': 'c' }

Answer 8

Not many people here commented of Object.fromEntries, I really enjoy it, since it's cleaner and works easily with TypeScript, without bothering too much about generic types and stuff. It also allows custom keys with map, if needed. Cons: you'll need an additional map, if you want a custom key. E.g.:

const tags = [
  { name: 'AgeGroup', value: ageGroup },
  { name: 'ApparelTypes', value: apparelTypes },
  { name: 'Brand', value: brand },
  // ...
]

const objectTags = Object.fromEntries(tags.map((t) => [t.name, t.value]))

/*
{
  AgeGroup: 'Adult',
  Apparel: 'Creeper, Jacket'
  Brand: '',
  // ...
}
*/

Answer 9

we can use Object.assign and array.reduce function to convert an Array to Object.

var arr = [{a:{b:1}},{c:{d:2}}] 
var newObj = arr.reduce((a, b) => Object.assign(a, b), {})

console.log(newObj)

Answer 10

Here is an O(1) ES2015 method just for completeness.

var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; // array, already an object
Object.setPrototypeOf(arr, Object.prototype); // now no longer an array, still an object

Answer 11

FWIW, one another recent approach is to use the new Object.fromEntries along with Object.entries as follows:

const arr = ['a','b','c'];
arr[-2] = 'd';
arr.hello = 'e';
arr.length = 17;
const obj = Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(arr));

...which allows for avoiding storing sparse array items as undefined or null and preserves non-index (e.g., non-positive-integer/non-numeric) keys.

{ 0: "a", 1: "b", 2: "c", "-2": "d", hello: "e" }

(Same result here as with @Paul Draper's Object.assign answer.)

One may wish to add arr.length, however, as that is not included:

obj.length = arr.length;

Answer 12

Using javascript#forEach one can do this

var result = {},
    attributes = ['a', 'b','c'];

attributes.forEach(function(prop,index) {
  result[index] = prop;
});

With ECMA6:

attributes.forEach((prop,index)=>result[index] = prop);

Answer 13

If your array contains 2-element arrays where first element is the key and second element is the value you can easily convert to object using reduce.

[
  ["key1","value1"], 
  ["key2", "value2"], 
  ["key3", "value3"]
]
.reduce((acc, [key, value])=>({...acc, [key]: value}), {});

Result:

{  
  key1: 'value1',   
  key2: 'value2', 
  key3: 'value3'  
}  

Answer 14

If you're using ES6, you can use Object.assign and the spread operator

{ ...['a', 'b', 'c'] }

If you have nested array like

var arr=[[1,2,3,4]]
Object.assign(...arr.map(d => ({[d[0]]: d[1]})))

Answer 15

Quick and dirty #2:

var i = 0
  , s = {}
  , a = ['A', 'B', 'C'];

while( i < a.length ) { s[i] = a[i++] };

Answer 16

A quick and dirty one:

var obj = {},
  arr = ['a','b','c'],
  l = arr.length; 

while( l && (obj[--l] = arr.pop() ) ){};

Answer 17

More browser supported and more flexible way of doing that is using a normal loop, something like:

const arr = ['a', 'b', 'c'],
obj = {};

for (let i=0; i<arr.length; i++) {
   obj[i] = arr[i];
}

But also the modern way could be using the spread operator, like:

{...arr}

Or Object assign:

Object.assign({}, ['a', 'b', 'c']);

Both will return:

{0: "a", 1: "b", 2: "c"}

Answer 18

A simple and cheeky method of quickly converting an Array of items in to an Object

function arrayToObject( srcArray ){
    return  JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( srcArray ) );
}

Then using it like so...

var p = [0,2,3,'pork','pie',6];
obj = new arrayToObject( p );
console.log( obj[3], obj[4] )
// expecting `pork pie`

Output:

pork pie

Checking the type:

typeof obj
"object"

AND things wouldn't be complete if there wasn't a prototype method

Array.prototype.toObject =function(){
    return  JSON.parse( JSON.stringify( this ) );
}

Using like:

var q = [0,2,3,'cheese','whizz',6];
obj = q.toObject();
console.log( obj[3], obj[4] )
// expecting `cheese whizz`

Output:

cheese whizz

*NOTE that there is no naming routine, so if you want to have specific names, then you will need to continue using the existing methods below.

---

Older method

This allows you to generate from an array an object with keys you define in the order you want them.

Array.prototype.toObject = function(keys){
    var obj = {};
    var tmp = this; // we want the original array intact.
    if(keys.length == this.length){
        var c = this.length-1;
        while( c>=0 ){
            obj[ keys[ c ] ] = tmp[c];
            c--;
        }
    }
    return obj;
};

result = ["cheese","paint",14,8].toObject([0,"onion",4,99]);

console.log(">>> :" + result.onion); will output "paint", the function has to have arrays of equal length or you get an empty object.

Here is an updated method

Array.prototype.toObject = function(keys){
    var obj = {};
    if( keys.length == this.length)
        while( keys.length )
            obj[ keys.pop() ] = this[ keys.length ];
    return obj;
};

Answer 19

.reduce((o,v,i)=>(o[i]=v,o), {})

[docs]

or more verbose

var trAr2Obj = function (arr) {return arr.reduce((o,v,i)=>(o[i]=v,o), {});}

or

var transposeAr2Obj = arr=>arr.reduce((o,v,i)=>(o[i]=v,o), {})

shortest one with vanilla JS

JSON.stringify([["a", "X"], ["b", "Y"]].reduce((o,v,i)=>{return o[i]=v,o}, {}))
=> "{"0":["a","X"],"1":["b","Y"]}"

some more complex example

[["a", "X"], ["b", "Y"]].reduce((o,v,i)=>{return o[v[0]]=v.slice(1)[0],o}, {})
=> Object {a: "X", b: "Y"}

even shorter (by using function(e) {console.log(e); return e;} === (e)=>(console.log(e),e))

 nodejs
> [[1, 2, 3], [3,4,5]].reduce((o,v,i)=>(o[v[0]]=v.slice(1),o), {})
{ '1': [ 2, 3 ], '3': [ 4, 5 ] }

[/docs]

Answer 20

As of Lodash 3.0.0 you can use _.toPlainObject

var obj = _.toPlainObject(['a', 'b', 'c']);
console.log(obj);

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/lodash/4.16.4/lodash.min.js"></script>

Answer 21

If you can use Map or Object.assign, it's very easy.

Create an array:

const languages = ['css', 'javascript', 'php', 'html'];

The below creates an object with index as keys:

Object.assign({}, languages)

Replicate the same as above with Maps

Converts to an index based object {0 : 'css'} etc...

const indexMap = new Map(languages.map((name, i) => [i, name] ));
indexMap.get(1) // javascript

Convert to an value based object {css : 'css is great'} etc...

const valueMap = new Map(languages.map(name => [name, `${name} is great!`] ));
valueMap.get('css') // css is great

Answer 22

Why No One try this? in ES6

let arr = ['a','b','c']
let {...obj} = arr
console.log(obj) //  {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}

let {...obj2} = ['a','b','c']
console.log(obj2) //  {0: 'a', 1: 'b', 2: 'c'}

is Very simple way?

Answer 23

The shortest answer: (using destructuring)

const obj = { ...input }

Example:

const inputArray = ["a", "b", "c"]
const outputObj = { ...inputArray }

Answer 24

Here's a recursive function I just wrote. It's simple and works well.

// Convert array to object
var convArrToObj = function(array){
    var thisEleObj = new Object();
    if(typeof array == "object"){
        for(var i in array){
            var thisEle = convArrToObj(array[i]);
            thisEleObj[i] = thisEle;
        }
    }else {
        thisEleObj = array;
    }
    return thisEleObj;
}

Here's an example (jsFiddle):

var array = new Array();
array.a = 123;
array.b = 234;
array.c = 345;
var array2 = new Array();
array2.a = 321;
array2.b = 432;
array2.c = 543;
var array3 = new Array();
array3.a = 132;
array3.b = 243;
array3.c = 354;
var array4 = new Array();
array4.a = 312;
array4.b = 423;
array4.c = 534;
var array5 = new Array();
array5.a = 112;
array5.b = 223;
array5.c = 334;

array.d = array2;
array4.d = array5;
array3.d = array4;
array.e = array3;


console.log(array);

// Convert array to object
var convArrToObj = function(array){
    var thisEleObj = new Object();
    if(typeof array == "object"){
        for(var i in array){
            var thisEle = convArrToObj(array[i]);
            thisEleObj[i] = thisEle;
        }
    }else {
        thisEleObj = array;
    }
    return thisEleObj;
}
console.log(convArrToObj(array));

Results:

Answer 25

I would do this simply with Array.of(). Array of has the ability to use it's context as a constructor.

NOTE 2 The of function is an intentionally generic factory method; it does not require that its this value be the Array constructor. Therefore it can be transferred to or inherited by other constructors that may be called with a single numeric argument.

So we may bind Array.of() to a function and generate an array like object.

function dummy(){};
var thingy = Array.of.apply(dummy,[1,2,3,4]);
console.log(thingy);

By utilizing Array.of() one can even do array sub-classing.

Answer 26

let i = 0;
let myArray = ["first", "second", "third", "fourth"];

const arrayToObject = (arr) =>
    Object.assign({}, ...arr.map(item => ({[i++]: item})));

console.log(arrayToObject(myArray));

Or use

myArray = ["first", "second", "third", "fourth"]
console.log({...myArray})

Answer 27

ES5 - Solution:

Using Array prototype function 'push' and 'apply' you can populate the object with the array elements.

var arr = ['a','b','c'];
var obj = new Object();
Array.prototype.push.apply(obj, arr);
console.log(obj);    // { '0': 'a', '1': 'b', '2': 'c', length: 3 }
console.log(obj[2]); // c

Answer 28

Try using reflect to copy from array item to object.

var arr =['aa:23','bb:44','cc:55']
    var obj ={}
    arr.forEach(e => {
        var ee = e.split(':')
        Reflect.set(obj,ee[0],ee[1])
    });
    console.log(obj) // { aa: '23', bb: '44', cc: '55' }

Answer 29

If someone is searching for a Typescript method, i wrote this:

const arrayToObject = <T extends Record<K, any>, K extends keyof any>(
  array: T[] = [],
  getKey: (item: T) => K,
) =>
  array.reduce((obj, cur) => {
    const key = getKey(cur)
    return ({...obj, [key]: cur})
  }, {} as Record<K, T>)

It will:

1. enforce first param to be array of objects
2. help to select the key
3. enforce the key to be an key of all array items

Example:

// from:
const array = [
    { sid: 123, name: 'aaa', extra: 1 },
    { sid: 456, name: 'bbb' },
    { sid: 789, name: 'ccc' }
];
// to:
{
  '123': { sid: 123, name: 'aaa' },
  '456': { sid: 456, name: 'bbb' },
  '789': { sid: 789, name: 'ccc' }
}

usage:

const obj = arrayToObject(array, item => item.sid) // ok
const obj = arrayToObject(array, item => item.extra) // error

Here's a demo.

Answer 30

If you like oneliners, and IE8 is not a problem anymore (as it should be)

['a','b','c'].reduce((m,e,i) => Object.assign(m, {[i]: e}), {});

Go ahead and try it on the browser console

It coult be more verbose like this:

['a','b','c'].reduce(function(memo,elm,idx) {
    return Object.assign(memo, {[idx]: elm});
}, {});

But still rules out IE8. If IE8 is a must, then you can use lodash/underscore like that:

_.reduce(['a','b','c'], function(memo,elm,idx) {
    return Object.assign(memo, {[idx]: elm});
}, {})

Answer 31

You could use a function like this:

var toObject = function(array) {
    var o = {};
    for (var property in array) {
        if (String(property >>> 0) == property && property >>> 0 != 0xffffffff) {
            o[i] = array[i];
        }
    }
    return o;
};

This one should handle sparse arrays more efficiently.

Answer 32

It's not directly relevant but I came here searching for a one liner for merging nested objects such as

const nodes = {
    node1: {
        interfaces: {if1: {}, if2: {}}
    },
    node2: {
        interfaces: {if3: {}, if4: {}}
    },
    node3: {
        interfaces: {if5: {}, if6: {}}
    },
}

The solution is to use a combination of reduce and object spread:

const allInterfaces = nodes => Object.keys(nodes).reduce((res, key) => ({...res, ...nodes[key].interfaces}), {})

Answer 33

Simplest way to do this is the following:

const arr = ['a','b','c'];
let obj = {}

function ConvertArr(arr) { 
 if (typeof(arr) === 'array') {
 Object.assign(obj, arr);
}

This way it only runs if it is an array, however, you can run this with let global object variable or without, that's up to you, if you run without let, just do Object.assign({}, arr).

Answer 34

Use the javascript lodash library. There is a simple method _.mapKeys(object, [iteratee=_.identity]) that can do the conversion.

Answer 35

Here's a solution in coffeescript

arrayToObj = (arr) ->
  obj = {}
  for v,i in arr
    obj[i] = v if v?
  obj

Answer 36

If you are using angularjs you can use angular.extend, the same effect with $.extend of jquery.

var newObj = {};
angular.extend(newObj, ['a','b','c']);

Answer 37

Below method would convert array to object with particular given key.

    /**
     * Converts array to object
     * @param  {Array} array
     * @param  {string} key (optional)
     */
    Array.prototype.ArrayToObject = function(key) {
       const array = this;
       const obj = {};

       array.forEach((element, index) => {
           if(!key) {
              obj[index] = element;
           } else if ((element && typeof element == 'object' && element[key])) {
              obj[element[key]] = element;
           }
       });
    return obj;
    }

For Ex -

[{name: 'test'}, {name: 'test1'}].ArrayToObject('name');

would give

{test: {name: 'test'}, test1: {name: 'test1'}}

and incase key is not provided as param to the method

i.e. [{name: 'test'}, {name: 'test1'}].ArrayToObject();

would give

{0: {name: 'test'}, 1: {name: 'test1'}}

Answer 38

I would use underscore for this, but if that isn't available then I would drop down to using reduce with an initial value of empty object {}

>>> ['a', 'b', 'c'].reduce(function(p, c, i) {p[i] = c; return p}, {})
Object { 0="a", 1="b", 2="c"}

reduce should be widely available in most browsers today, see MDN

Answer 39

It is easy to use javascript reduce:

["a", "b", "c", "d"].reduce(function(previousValue, currentValue, index) { 
   previousValue[index] = currentValue; 
   return previousValue;
}, 
{}
);

You can take a look at Array.prototype.reduce(), https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/Reduce

Answer 40

typescript solutioin:

export const toMap = (errors: ResponseError[]) => {
  const errorMap: Record<string, string> = {};
  errors.forEach(({ field, message }) => {
    errorMap[field] = message;
  });
  return errorMap;
};

export type FieldError = {
  field: string;
  message: string;
};

Answer 41

initial array and will convert into an Object with keys which will be the unique element of an array and the keys value will be how many times the perticular keys will be repeating

var jsTechs = ['angular', 'react', 'ember', 'vanilaJS', 'ember', 'angular', 'react', 'ember', 'vanilaJS', 'angular', 'react', 'ember', 'vanilaJS', 'ember', 'angular', 'react', 'ember', 'vanilaJS', 'ember', 'angular', 'react', 'ember', 'vanilaJS', 'ember', 'react', 'react', 'vanilaJS', 'react', 'vanilaJS', 'vanilaJS']

var initialValue = {
  java : 4
}

var reducerFunc = function reducerFunc (initObj, jsLib) {
  if (!initObj[jsLib]) {
    initObj[jsLib] = 1
  } else {
    initObj[jsLib] += 1
  }
  return initObj
}
var finalResult = jsTechs.reduce(reducerFunc, initialValue)
console.log(finalResult)

Answer 42

import books from "./books.json";

export const getAllBooks = () => {
  return {
    data: books,
    // a=accoumulator, b=book (data itelf), i=index
    bookMap: books.reduce((a, book, i) => {
      // since we passed {} as initial data, initially a={}
      // {bookID1:book1, bookID2:i}
      a[book.id] = book;
      // you can add new property index
      a[book.id].index=i
      return a;
      // we are passing initial data structure
    }, {}),
  };
};

Answer 43

I have faced this issue multiple times and decided to write a function that is as generic as possible. Have a look and feel free to modify anything

function typeOf(obj) {
    if ( typeof(obj) == 'object' ) {
        if (obj.length)
            return 'array';
        else
            return 'object';
    } else
    return typeof(obj);
}

function objToArray(obj, ignoreKeys) {
    var arr = [];
    if (typeOf(obj) == 'object') {
        for (var key in obj) {
            if (typeOf(obj[key]) == 'object') {
                if (ignoreKeys)
                    arr.push(objToArray(obj[key],ignoreKeys));
                else
                    arr.push([key,objToArray(obj[key])]);
            }
            else
                arr.push(obj[key]);
        }
    }else if (typeOf(obj) == 'array') {
        for (var key=0;key<obj.length;key++) {
            if (typeOf(obj[key]) == 'object')
                arr.push(objToArray(obj[key]));
            else
                arr.push(obj[key]);
        }
    }
    return arr;
}

Answer 44

My version array to json in JS. Jusy copy/paste and use it. Isn't this awesome? I love this type of functions I found on StackOverflow.

function array2json(arr) {
    var parts = [];
    var is_list = (Object.prototype.toString.apply(arr) === '[object Array]');

    for(var key in arr) {
        var value = arr[key];
        if(typeof value == "object") { //Custom handling for arrays
            if(is_list) parts.push(array2json(value)); /* :RECURSION: */
            else parts[key] = array2json(value); /* :RECURSION: */
        } else {
            var str = "";
            if(!is_list) str = '"' + key + '":';

            //Custom handling for multiple data types
            if(typeof value == "number") str += value; //Numbers
            else if(value === false) str += 'false'; //The booleans
            else if(value === true) str += 'true';
            else str += '"' + value + '"'; //All other things
            // :TODO: Is there any more datatype we should be in the lookout for? (Functions?)

            parts.push(str);
        }
    }
    var json = parts.join(",");

    if(is_list) return '[' + json + ']';//Return numerical JSON
    return '{' + json + '}';//Return associative JSON
}

Answer 45

var finalResult = ['a','b','c'].map((item , index) => ({[index] : item}));
console.log(finalResult)

Answer 46

A more OO approach:

Array.prototype.toObject = function() {
 var Obj={};

 for(var i in this) {
  if(typeof this[i] != "function") {
   //Logic here
   Obj[i]=this[i];
  }
 }

 return Obj;
}