Pluck Values From Array of Objects

Introduction

In this lab, we will be working on a JavaScript programming exercise that involves extracting values from an array of objects. Specifically, we will be writing a function that takes in an array of objects and a key and returns an array of values corresponding to that key. This exercise will help improve your understanding of functional programming concepts and array manipulation in JavaScript.

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Instructions to Pluck Values From an Array of Objects

To pluck values from an array of objects, you can follow these steps:

Open the Terminal/SSH and type node to start practicing coding.

Use Array.prototype.map() to map the array of objects to the value of a specified key for each object.

Implement the following function:

const pluck = (arr, key) => arr.map((i) => i[key]);

Test the function with an example array of objects:

const simpsons = [ { name: "lisa", age: 8 }, { name: "homer", age: 36 }, { name: "marge", age: 34 }, { name: "bart", age: 10 } ]; pluck(simpsons, "age"); // [8, 36, 34, 10]

This will return an array of values corresponding to the specified key from the array of objects.

Pluck Values From Array of Objects

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