I have an array of homogeneous objects like so;
[
{
"foo" : "bar",
"bar" : "sit"
},
{
"foo" : "lorem",
"bar" : "ipsum"
},
{
"foo" : "dolor",
"bar" : "amet"
}
]
I'd like to search these objects' values (not keys) with a keyword, and return an array of objects that contain the keyword in any of the values.
So for example, with a keyword r
, I would get all the objects ("baR" in object #1, "loRem" in object #2 and "doloR" in object #3). With a keyword lo
, I would get objects 2 and 3 ("LOrem" and "doLOr"), with a
, I'd get objects 1 and 3, ("bAr" and "Amet"). With the keyword foo
however, I would get an empty array, since "foo" is a key, and isn't found in any of the values (unlike "bar")... you get the idea.
How would I go about doing this? Thanks a lot in advance!
Something like this:
var objects = [
{
"foo" : "bar",
"bar" : "sit"
},
{
"foo" : "lorem",
"bar" : "ipsum"
},
{
"foo" : "dolor",
"bar" : "amet"
}
];
var results = [];
var toSearch = "lo";
for(var i=0; i<objects.length; i++) {
for(key in objects[i]) {
if(objects[i][key].indexOf(toSearch)!=-1) {
results.push(objects[i]);
}
}
}
The results array will contain all matched objects.
If you search for 'lo', the result will be like:
[{ foo="lorem", bar="ipsum"}, { foo="dolor", bar="amet"}]
NEW VERSION - Added trim code, code to ensure no duplicates in result set.
function trimString(s) {
var l=0, r=s.length -1;
while(l < s.length && s[l] == ' ') l++;
while(r > l && s[r] == ' ') r-=1;
return s.substring(l, r+1);
}
function compareObjects(o1, o2) {
var k = '';
for(k in o1) if(o1[k] != o2[k]) return false;
for(k in o2) if(o1[k] != o2[k]) return false;
return true;
}
function itemExists(haystack, needle) {
for(var i=0; i<haystack.length; i++) if(compareObjects(haystack[i], needle)) return true;
return false;
}
var objects = [
{
"foo" : "bar",
"bar" : "sit"
},
{
"foo" : "lorem",
"bar" : "ipsum"
},
{
"foo" : "dolor blor",
"bar" : "amet blo"
}
];
function searchFor(toSearch) {
var results = [];
toSearch = trimString(toSearch); // trim it
for(var i=0; i<objects.length; i++) {
for(var key in objects[i]) {
if(objects[i][key].indexOf(toSearch)!=-1) {
if(!itemExists(results, objects[i])) results.push(objects[i]);
}
}
}
return results;
}
console.log(searchFor('lo '));