Rename the property names and change the values of multiple objects

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In the object below, I'd like to change the property name, thumb, to thumbnail. I'd also like to change the values of the title to include <span> tags.

Here's my object:

var data = [{ thumb: '/images/01.png', title: 'My title', },{ thumb: '/images/02.png', title: 'My title', },{ thumb: '/images/03.png', title: 'My title', }];

here's how I'd like it to look:

var data = [{ thumbnail: '/images/01.png', title: '<span class="red">title 1</span>', },{ thumbnail: '/images/02.png', title: '<span class="red">title 2</span>', },{ thumbnail: '/images/03.png', title: '<span class="red">title 3</span>', }];

Here's what I've tried which doesn't work:

 var i=0, count=data.length; for (i=0;i<=count;i++){ data[i].thumbnail=data[i].thumb; data[i].title="<span class='red'>"+data[i].title+"<span>"; }

Are you asking for a way to do this not by hand? If so, you should clarify in your post. — Hunter McMillen
– Hunter McMillen, Commented May 30, 2012 at 15:56
@HunterMcMillen asking for how I this would be done programmatically using javascript. I assume i need a for loop but can't get that to work. I'll clarify in my post. — tim peterson
– tim peterson, Commented May 30, 2012 at 15:58

tim peterson · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-30 18:57:30Z

This seems to do the trick:

function changeData(data){ var title; for(var i = 0; i < data.length; i++){ if(data[i].hasOwnProperty("thumb")){ data[i]["thumbnail"] = data[i]["thumb"]; delete data[i]["thumb"]; } if(data[i].hasOwnProperty("title")){ //added missing closing parenthesis title = data[i].title; data[i].title = '<span class="red">' + title + '</span>'; } } } changeData(data);

EDIT:

I tried to make the function generic, but since you updated your answer to do very specific things, I've added the business logic to the function.

I'd recommend creating a new object instead of modifying the original

James Allardice · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-30 15:57:36Z

You can iterate over the array, set a new property in each object, and delete the old property:

data.forEach(function(e) { e.thumbnail = e.thumb; delete e.thumb; });

Here's a working example (check the output in the console).

Obviously you'll want to use a polyfill for Array.prototype.forEach if you want to support older browsers (there's one in the MDN article I linked to above, or you could just use a normal for loop).

thanks for pointing out the forEach loop. Can't wait until we don't need a polyfill for this.
@lbstr Hey I came across this Problem and do you know how we can do the same in controller itself in MVC

meni181818 · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-10 18:59:56Z

I have created a nice function to rename properties names: https://github.com/meni181818/simpleCloneJS/blob/master/renameProperties.js

example:

var sourceObj = { foo: 'this is foo', bar: {baz: 'this is baz', qux: 'this is qux'} }; // the source, rename list var replacedObj = renameProperties(sourceObj, {foo: 'foooo', qux: 'quxxxx'}); // replacedObj output => { foooo: 'this is foo', bar: {baz: 'this is baz', quxxxx: 'this is qux'} };

Since you are using Jquery you can use $.each function inside this function:

function renameProperties(sourceObj, replaceList, destObj) { destObj = destObj || {}; $.each(sourceObj, function(key) { if(sourceObj.hasOwnProperty(key)) { if(sourceObj[key] instanceof Array) { if(replaceList[key]) { var newName = replaceList[key]; destObj[newName] = []; renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[newName]); } else if(!replaceList[key]) { destObj[key] = []; renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[key]); } } else if(typeof sourceObj[key] === 'object') { if(replaceList[key]) { var newName = replaceList[key]; destObj[newName] = {}; renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[newName]); } else if(!replaceList[key]) { destObj[key] = {}; renameProperties(sourceObj[key], replaceList, destObj[key]); } } else { if(replaceList[key]) { var newName = replaceList[key]; destObj[newName] = sourceObj[key]; } else if(!replaceList[key]) { destObj[key] = sourceObj[key]; } } } }); return destObj; }

demo: http://jsfiddle.net/g2jzse5k/

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