How do I convert an array of objects by using javascript

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Please help, I have an array of objects :

[ 
  { key : 'Fruit', name : 'Apple' },
  { key : 'Fruit', name : 'Orange' },
  { key : 'Drink', name : 'Coke' },
  { key : 'Drink', name : 'Pepsi' },
  { key : 'Candy', name : 'Chocolate' }
];

And I want to convert to other array like this:

[ 
  { key : 'Fruit', name : [ 'Apple', 'Orange' ] },
  { key : 'Drink', name : [ 'Coke', 'Pepsi' ] },
  { key : 'Candy', name : [ 'Chocolate' ] },
];

What I have tried:

I have tried some functions which I searched on the internet but it didn't work well

Posted 2-Mar-21 18:10pm

Mr pSawN

Updated 2-Mar-21 21:23pm

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Richard Deeming · Answer 1 · 2021-03-02T21:23:00

Try something like this:

JavaScript

const input = [ 
  { key : 'Fruit', name : 'Apple' },
  { key : 'Fruit', name : 'Orange' },
  { key : 'Drink', name : 'Coke' },
  { key : 'Drink', name : 'Pepsi' },
  { key : 'Candy', name : 'Chocolate' }
];

const groupedData = input.reduce((agr, item) => {
	let x = (agr[item.key] ??= { key: item.key, name: [] });
	x.name.push(item.name)
	return agr;
}, {});

const result = Object.entries(groupedData).reduce((agr, item) => {
	agr.push(item[1]);
	return agr;
}, []);

Demo[^]
Array.prototype.reduce() - JavaScript | MDN[^]
Object.entries() - JavaScript | MDN[^]
Logical nullish assignment (??=) - JavaScript | MDN[^]