Can lodash remove arrays containing only null or undefined?

Question

I have a data object that looks like this:

var obj = {
    "one":      null,
    "two":      undefined,
    "three":    [undefined],
    "four":     "valid value"
}

And I need to end up with this:

{
    "four":     "valid value"
}

I'm using lodash to try and accomplish this, and it's gotten me part way there:

obj = _.pick(obj, _identity);

Which gives me:

{
    "three":    [undefined],
    "four":     "valid value"
}

Is there a lodash-centric way to also remove not only keys whose values are null or undefined and also remove keys whose values are arrays that contain only undefined or null? I know there's a bunch of ways to do this in general, I was just wondering if lodash had some way to do this baked in.

Ori Drori · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-14T18:35:33.467

You need to use _.omitBy() with _.empty() for objects (including arrays), and !value for primitives. You should also _.compact() arrays before checking if they're empty to ignore falsy values:

var obj = {
    "one":      null,
    "two":      undefined,
    "three":    [undefined],
    "four":     "valid value",
}

var fn = o => _.omitBy(o, v => _.isObject(v) ? 
  _.isEmpty(_.isArray(v) ? _.compact(v) : v)
  : 
  !v
)

var result = fn(obj)

console.log(result)

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If you to remove falsy values and empty arrays/objects in a nested object/array, use _.transform() recursively. Use _.compact() to remove falsy values from arrays, and _.isEmpty() and Boolean to check:

If you need a recursive solution you can use _.transform():

var obj = {
    "one":      null,
    "two":      undefined,
    "three":    [undefined],
    "four":     "valid value",
    "five":     [undefined, 1],
    "six":      [{ a: null, b: [] }, undefined]
}

var cleanArray = (o) => _.isArray(o) ? _.compact(o) : o;

var clean = o => _.transform(o, (r, v, k) => {
  var isObject = _.isObject(v)
  var val = isObject ? cleanArray(clean(v)) : v
  var keep = isObject ? !_.isEmpty(val) : Boolean(val)
  
  if(keep) r[k] = val
})

var result = clean(obj)

console.log(result)

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@user633183 - no worries. I've updated the solution. – Ori Drori Jan 14 '19 at 18:21 — Ori Drori, Jan 14 '19 at 18:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 14 '19 at 18:15

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use without

Creates an array excluding all given values using SameValueZero for equality comparisons.

https://lodash.com/docs/#without

obj = _.without(obj, undefined,null,[undefined])

answered Jan 14 '19 at 18:15

Naor Tedgi

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`_.without(obj, undefined,null,[undefined])` will return an empty array for `obj = {"one": null, "two": undefined, "three": [undefined], "four": "valid value"}` – Mohsin Mehmood Jan 14 '19 at 19:38

Can lodash remove arrays containing only null or undefined?

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