arrayScrub 2010-04-01 12:27:37 -0400

arrayScrub.js

/* *
* Takes an array of objects and removes duplicate data on an interior poperty,
* and objects that have and empty testing poperty
* @params an array and a object param
* @returns array of unique objects, with no empty property value
* */

arrayScrub = function(array,param) {
    var i, x, test, testArray = [array[0]];
    for (i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
        test = 0;
        for (x = 0; x < testArray.length; x++) {
            if (array[i][param] == testArray[x][param]) {
                test = 1;
            }
        } 
        if (test === 1) {
            test = 0;
        } else {
            if(array[i][param] !== ''){
                testArray.push(array[i]);
            }
        }
    }
    return testArray;
},