JQ how to merge multiple objects in an array into one

Question

A little more sophisticated as my question mentioned below. I learned to use arrays more, but it screws things up too.

Input:

{ "a": [ { "b": "c", "d": "e" }, { "b": "f", "d": "g" } ], "h": [ { "b": "c", "i": "j" }, { "b": "f", "i": "k" } ] }

desired output:

{ "l": [ { "b": "c", "d": "e", "i": "j" }, { "b": "f", "d": "g", "i": "k" } ] }

{ x: [ inputs | .a[] | { (.h[]): .i } ] | add}

peak · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-24 16:20:57Z

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The key to a simple solution is transpose:

[.a, .h] | transpose | map(add) | {l: .}

answered Jan 24, 2019 at 16:20

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Tx for keeping count!