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Flatten javascript objects into a single-depth object
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var flattenObject = function(ob) { | |
var toReturn = {}; | |
for (var i in ob) { | |
if (!ob.hasOwnProperty(i)) continue; | |
if ((typeof ob[i]) == 'object') { | |
var flatObject = flattenObject(ob[i]); | |
for (var x in flatObject) { | |
if (!flatObject.hasOwnProperty(x)) continue; | |
toReturn[i + '.' + x] = flatObject[x]; | |
} | |
} else { | |
toReturn[i] = ob[i]; | |
} | |
} | |
return toReturn; | |
}; |
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A version that leaves undefined behind, array as is and don't try to flatten primitive objects (Number, Boolean, BigInt and String essentially) :