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Given an object or array obj
, return a compact object.
A compact object is the same as the original object, except with keys containing falsy values removed. This operation applies to the object and any nested objects. Arrays are considered objects where the indices are keys. A value is considered falsy when Boolean(value)
returns false
.
You may assume the obj
is the output of JSON.parse
. In other words, it is valid JSON.
Example 1:
Input: obj = [null, 0, false, 1] Output: [1] Explanation: All falsy values have been removed from the array.
Example 2:
Input: obj = {"a": null, "b": [false, 1]} Output: {"b": [1]} Explanation: obj["a"] and obj["b"][0] had falsy values and were removed.
Example 3:
Input: obj = [null, 0, 5, [0], [false, 16]] Output: [5, [], [16]] Explanation: obj[0], obj[1], obj[3][0], and obj[4][0] were falsy and removed.
Constraints:
obj
is a valid JSON object2 <= JSON.stringify(obj).length <= 106
If obj
is not an object or is null, the function will return it as is, because there's no need to check for keys in non-object values.
If obj
is an array, it will use obj.filter(Boolean)
to filter out falsy values (like null
, undefined
, false
, 0, ""), then use map(compactObject)
to recursively call compactObject
on each element. This ensures that nested arrays are also compacted.
If obj
is an object, it will create a new empty object compactedObj
. It will iterate over all keys of obj
, and for each key, it will recursively call compactObject
on the corresponding value, then store the result in the value variable. If the value is truthy (i.e., not falsy), it will assign it to the compacted object with the corresponding key.
The time complexity is
type Obj = Record<any, any>;
function compactObject(obj: Obj): Obj {
if (!obj || typeof obj !== 'object') {
return obj;
}
if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
return obj.filter(Boolean).map(compactObject);
}
return Object.entries(obj).reduce((acc, [key, value]) => {
if (value) {
acc[key] = compactObject(value);
}
return acc;
}, {} as Obj);
}
/**
* @param {Object|Array} obj
* @return {Object|Array}
*/
var compactObject = function (obj) {
if (!obj || typeof obj !== 'object') {
return obj;
}
if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
return obj.filter(Boolean).map(compactObject);
}
return Object.entries(obj).reduce((acc, [key, value]) => {
if (value) {
acc[key] = compactObject(value);
}
return acc;
}, {});
};