Use array of strings to create a multi level object, parsing arrays into JS objects

Question

I have this array that needs to be parsed into a useful object. The names of each value are a collection of namespaces separated by / characters. The values between each '/' need to be turned into a JS Objects property: ``` "status": [ { "message": "OK", "name": "/Computer", "values": [] }, { "name": "/Computer/CPU Usage", "values": [] }, { "name": "/Computer/CPU Temp", "values": [] }, { "name": "/Computer/hardware/memory", "values": [] } ] ``` I need it to become this: ``` "status": { "computer": { "CPU Usage": { "values": [] }, "CPU Temp": { "values": [] }, "hardware": { "memory": { "values": [] } } } } ``` So far I have done this: ``` var statii = status, // from above.. _parsedStatii = {}; for (var i = 0; statii.length < 0; i ++) { var _nameSpaces = statii[i].name.split('/'); // Start at 1 because index 0 is empty (before the first slash) if (!_parsedStatii[_nameSpaces[1]]) { _parsedStatii[_nameSpaces[1]] = {}; } if (!_parsedStatii[_nameSpaces[1]][_nameSpaces[2]]) _parsedStatii[_n…

Accepted Answer

You could split the name and build an object upon.

```
var data = { "status": [{ "message": "OK", "name": "/Computer", "values": [] }, { "name": "/Computer/CPU Usage", "values": [] }, { "name": "/Computer/CPU Temp", "values": [] }, { "name": "/Computer/hardware/memory", "values": [] }] },
    object = {};

data.status.forEach(function (a) {
    a.name.slice(1).split('/').reduce(function (o, k) {
        return o[k] = o[k] || {};
    }, object).values = a.values;
});

console.log(object);
```

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Use array of strings to create a multi level object, parsing arrays into JS objects

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