Convert Object into Complex Array

by leongaban

JavaScript

var simpleObject = {
    portfolio: "AAPL",
    t1_tag1: "1111",
    t2_tag1: "2222",
    t3_tag1: "3333",
    ticker1: "AA",
    ticker2: "GOOG",
    ticker3: "AAPL"
}

console.log(simpleObject);

function expand(simple) {
    var outerArray = [], innerArray,
        outerIndex = 1, innerIndex,
        outerObject, innerObject;

    while (("ticker" + outerIndex) in simple) {
        innerArray = [];
        innerIndex = 1;

        while (("t" + outerIndex + "_tag" + innerIndex) in simple) {
            innerObject = {};

            innerObject["t" + outerIndex + "_tag" + innerIndex] = simple["t" + outerIndex + "_tag" + innerIndex];
            innerArray.push(innerObject);

            innerIndex++;
        }

        outerObject = {
            tags: innerArray,
            ticker: simple["ticker" + outerIndex]
        };

        outerArray.push(outerObject);

        outerIndex++;
    }

    return outerArray;
}

var container = expand(simpleObject);

console.log(container);