Javascript: How can I transform an array?

Question

I have this on a javascript var: (it's a http returned data, and I don't know if it's an array or string - (how can we see that?) - Update: using typeof returned "string", so it's a string.

[{"nomeDominio":"gggg.fa"},{"nomeDominio":"rarar.fa"}]

How can we pass/transform that, into something like this:

["gggg.fa","rarar.fa"]

?

Thanks a lot, MEM

Answer 1

it's a http returned data, and I don't know if it's an array or string

It's JSON, and you can use it directly in JavaScript.

If you transform it into your array, you will lose the association key / value ; are you sure it's what you want ?

Answer 2

This question is strongly related with this one.

I would suggest reading my answer there, as it would really help; and with a little variation, it would just work:

var responseString = '[{"nomeDominio":"gggg.fa"},{"nomeDominio":"rarar.fa"}]',
    responseObject = JSON.parse(responseString),
    nombresDeDominio = [];

for(var i in responseObject) {
  nombresDeDominio.push(responseObject[i].nomeDominio)
}

Suerte!

Answer 3

Assuming your data always looks like that, you can do something like this:

var foo = [{"nomeDominio":"gggg.fa"},{"nomeDominio":"rarar.fa"}];
var newarr = [];
for ( var i=0,j=foo.length;i<j;i++ ) {
    newarr.push( foo[i]['nomeDominio'] );
}

Here's a working fiddle.

Answer 4

Okay, firstly to get the type of a "thing", use the "typeof" operator (note that the type of an array is an object, not 'array'!):

var a = "string";
var b = 1;
var c = new Array();
alert(typeof(a)); // string
alert(typeof(b)); // number
alert(typeof(c)); // object

To get at the values in the associative array (assuming it is one), you can just loop through it, like so:

var d = [{"nomeDominio":"gggg.fa"},{"nomeDominio":"rarar.fa"}];
d["bob"] = "alice";
d["gary"] = "stephen";

for(var key in d) {
    alert(d[key]);
}

Answer 5

You can figure out if is a string or an already parsed object by checking the type of your variable, e.g.:

ajax('url', function (response) {
  alert(typeof response);
});

You will now figure out if it's a "string" or an Array "object".

If it's a string, you can use the JSON.parse method as @alcuadrado suggest, otherwise you can simply use the array.

Several answers suggest the use of the for-in statement to iterate over the array elements, I would discourage you to use it for that.

The for-in statement should be used to enumerate over object properties, to iterate over Arrays or Array-like objects, use a sequential loop as @Ken Redler suggests.

You should really avoid for-in for this purpose because:

• The order of enumeration is not guaranteed, properties may not be visited in the numeric order.
• Enumerates also inherited properties.

You can also use the Array.prototype.map method to meet your requirements:

var response = [{"nomeDominio":"gggg.fa"},{"nomeDominio":"rarar.fa"}];
var array = response.map(function (item) { return item.nomeDominio; });
// ["gggg.fa", "rarar.fa"]