I have a list that looks like this:
[
"parent1|child1|subChild1",
"parent1|child1|subChild2",
"parent|child2|subChild1",
"parent1|child2|subChild2",
"parent2|child1|subChild1",
"parent2|child1|subChild2",
"parent2|child2|subChild1",
.
.
.
]
The first string before | represents the parent, the second string before | represents the child, and the third string after the second | represents the subchild.
How can I transform this list into an object like this:
[
{
"id": "parent1",
"children":[
{
"id": "child1",
"children":[
{
"id": "subChild1"
}
]
}
]
}
]
This structure follows the pattern of Parent -> Child -> Subchild.
Following Sebastian's advice, I attempted the following using TypeScript:
private genTree(row) {
let self = this;
if (!row) {
return;
}
const [parent, ...children] = row.split('|');
if (!children || children.length === 0) {
return [{
id: parent,
children: []
}];
}
return [{
id: parent,
children: self.genTree(children.join('|'))
}];
}
private mergeDeep(children) {
let self = this;
const res = children.reduce((result, curr) => {
const entry = curr;
const existing = result.find((e) => e.id === entry.id);
if (existing) {
existing.children = [].concat(existing.children, entry.children);
} else {
result.push(entry);
}
return result;
}, []);
for (let i = 0; i < res.length; i++) {
const entry = res[i];
if (entry.children && entry.children.length > 0) {
entry.children = self.mergeDeep(entry.children);
}
};
return res;
}
private constructTree(statKeyNames){
let self = this;
const res = this.mergeDeep(statKeyNames.map(self.genTree.bind(this)).map(([e]) => e));
console.log(res);
}
Unfortunately, this led to the error:
"Cannot read property 'genTree' of undefined"
Update:
After making the change from self.genTree to this.genTree.bind(this) as per Sebastian's suggestion, the issue was resolved successfully without any further problems.