javascript - Convert an array of objects to array of the objects' values

Question

I am trying to convert this array

let orders = [
  {  amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  {  amount: '80', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  {  amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
];

to something like this

orders = [
  ['100', 'admin', 'March 6, 2019'],
  ['120', 'admin', 'March 6, 2019'],
  ['80', 'admin', 'March 7, 2019'],
  ['200', 'admin', 'March 7, 2019'],
];

and I have read that Objects.values() returns the values in an array, so I tried to iterate through the order array by using forEach() and using the Object.values on each item in the array.

let newOrders = orders.forEach(order => {
  return Object.values(order);
});

I don't know if what I am doing is right and I am new to Javascript. Please help me.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/55041867/convert-an-array-of-objects-to-array-of-the-objects-values

Answer 1

As order of values in array returned by Object.values() isn't guaranteed, you should consider use of .map() with some Object Destructuring. You can then extract object properties in separate variables and return them in desired order explicitly.

const data = [
  { amount: '100', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  { amount: '120', user: 'admin', date: 'March 6, 2019' },
  { amount: '80',  user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' },
  { amount: '200', user: 'admin', date: 'March 7, 2019' }
];

const result = data.map(({ amount, user, date }) => [amount, user, date]);

console.log(result);

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