Combine arrays into an object?

Question

I have the following arrays:

dates = ['2013-06-01', '2013-07-01', '2013-08-01', '2013-09-01', '2013-10-01', '2013-11-01']
values = [20, 10, 5, 5, 20, 25]

What I need to do is merge them into this format:

data: [
  { date: '2013-06-01', value: 20 },
  { date: '2013-07-01', value: 10 },
  { date: '2013-08-01', value: 5 },
  { date: '2013-09-01', value: 5 },
  { date: '2013-10-01', value: 20 },
  { date: '2013-11-01', value: 25 }
]

This doesn't seem to have anything to do with JSON. What have you tried so far? Do you know how to iterate over arrays? — Felix Kling, Nov 15 '13 at 20:52
First think about how to merge the data structure in javascript. JSON is just a serialization format and is a trivial last step. Can you show the code you have tried to merge these array into an array of objects? — Mike Brant, Nov 15 '13 at 20:55
Take a look at this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4856717/javascript-equivalent-of-pythons-zip-function — aga, Nov 15 '13 at 20:58

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:52

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Assuming they're always the same length:

var data = [];
for (var i = 0; i < dates.length; i++) {
    var obj = {}
    obj.date = dates[i];
    obj.value = values[i];
    data.push(obj);
}

answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:52

tymeJV

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james emanon · Answer 2 · 2013-11-15T22:08:58.550

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hmm. I'm sure you already thought of this. using jquery, apologize if you don't use this.

 data = jQuery.map(dates,function(v,i){
      return {'date': i, 'value': values[i]}
 }

edited Nov 15 '13 at 22:08

answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:57

james emanon

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This doesn't produce what the OP wants. Where are you using `values`? – Felix Kling Nov 15 '13 at 20:58
i was running late and didn't remember what the array names where. I edited in the correct one – james emanon Nov 15 '13 at 22:09
It's still not correct though. I think you want `'date': v` instead. – Felix Kling Nov 15 '13 at 22:46

James Kyburz · Answer 3 · 2013-11-15T21:12:27.507

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var data = {
  data: dates.map(function(x, i) {
    return { date: x, value: values[i] };
  })
};

Array.prototype.map is ECMAScript 5th Edition and doesn't work in < IE9. For older browsers us this polyfill

edited Nov 15 '13 at 21:12

answered Nov 15 '13 at 21:03

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:54

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If jQuery is an option, you can try this:

http://api.jquery.com/serializeArray/

answered Nov 15 '13 at 20:54

Nathan Rice

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`serializeArray` is used to extract the values of a set of form control elements into an array. I don't see how this is relevant here. – Felix Kling Nov 15 '13 at 20:57

Combine arrays into an object?

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