underscore.js mixin for plucking nested properties

_.deep.js

_.mixin({

  // Get/set the value of a nested property
  deep: function (obj, key, value) {

    var keys = key.replace(/\[(["']?)([^\1]+?)\1?\]/g, '.$2').replace(/^\./, '').split('.'),
        root,
        i = 0,
        n = keys.length;

    // Set deep value
    if (arguments.length > 2) {

      root = obj;
      n--;

      while (i < n) {
        key = keys[i++];
        obj = obj[key] = _.isObject(obj[key]) ? obj[key] : {};
      }

      obj[keys[i]] = value;

      value = root;

    // Get deep value
    } else {
      while ((obj = obj[keys[i++]]) != null && i < n) {};
      value = i < n ? void 0 : obj;
    }

    return value;
  }

});

// Usage:
//
// var obj = {
//   a: {
//     b: {
//       c: {
//         d: ['e', 'f', 'g']
//       }
//     }
//   }
// };
//
// Get deep value
// _.deep(obj, 'a.b.c.d[2]'); // 'g'
//
// Set deep value
// _.deep(obj, 'a.b.c.d[2]', 'george');
//
// _.deep(obj, 'a.b.c.d[2]'); // 'george'

_.pluckDeep.js

_.mixin({
  pluckDeep: function (obj, key) {
    return _.map(obj, function (value) { return _.deep(value, key); });
  }
});

// Usage:
//
// var arr = [{
//   deeply: {
//     nested: 'foo'
//   }
// }, {
//   deeply: {
//     nested: 'bar'
//   }
// }];
// 
// _.pluckDeep(arr, 'deeply.nested'); // ['foo', 'bar']

_.unpick.js

_.mixin({

 // Return a copy of an object containing all but the blacklisted properties.
  unpick: function (obj) {
    obj || (obj = {});    
    return _.pick(obj, _.difference(_.keys(obj), _.flatten(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1))));
  }

});

See also https://github.com/documentcloud/underscore-contrib/blob/master/underscore.object.selectors.js#L79