[NFBCS] JavaScript Converting Keys and Values into a Variable

[dan.tevelde at comcast.net]

Hi Aaron,

Thanks for your offer of help. I got my questions answered.

Dan

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From: Aaron Cannon <cannona at fireantproductions.com> 
Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 6:21 PM
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Subject: Re: [NFBCS] JavaScript Converting Keys and Values into a Variable

I am confused by your description. Do you by chance have sample input and sample output data? That would probably be a lot easier to follow.

Aaron

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> On Mar 2, 2022, at 13:28, dan TeVelde via NFBCS <nfbcs at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> I am studying JavaScript and need to convert an array of nested 
> objects into a new array which is not nested. The input object is 
> defined as a nested array in a global variable with keys and values. 
> The outer array is a list of students. For each student there is an 
> inner array containing the days of the week with Boolean arguments 
> true or false. I need to create a new array containing the list of 
> students for a given day. The day is passed as an argument into a 
> function. Is there a way I can convert the object keys and values into 
> a Variable with placeholder text for the names of the students and 
> days of the week. I could use the object.keys and the Object.values 
> methods but I'm not sure if I can compare the keys to the argument in 
> the function. Since the object is defined in a global variable I don't actually know the names of the keys.
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Dan
> 
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