delete operator is used to remove an object property.
delete operator does not returns the new object, only returns a boolean: true or false.
In the other hand, after interpreter executes var updatedjsonobj = delete myjsonobj['otherIndustry']; , updatedjsonobj variable will store a boolean
value.
How to remove Json object specific key and its value ?
You just need to know the property name in order to delete it from the object's properties.
delete myjsonobj['otherIndustry'];
let myjsonobj = {
"employeeid": "160915848",
"firstName": "tet",
"lastName": "test",
"email": "test@email.com",
"country": "Brasil",
"currentIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"otherIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentOrganization": "test",
"salary": "1234567"
}
delete myjsonobj['otherIndustry'];
console.log(myjsonobj);
If you want to remove a key when you know the value you can use Object.keys function which returns an array of a given object's own enumerable properties.
let value="test";
let myjsonobj = {
"employeeid": "160915848",
"firstName": "tet",
"lastName": "test",
"email": "test@email.com",
"country": "Brasil",
"currentIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"otherIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentOrganization": "test",
"salary": "1234567"
}
Object.keys(myjsonobj).forEach(function(key){
if (myjsonobj[key] === value) {
delete myjsonobj[key];
}
});
console.log(myjsonobj);
Answer from Mihai Alexandru-Ionut on Stack Overflowdelete operator is used to remove an object property.
delete operator does not returns the new object, only returns a boolean: true or false.
In the other hand, after interpreter executes var updatedjsonobj = delete myjsonobj['otherIndustry']; , updatedjsonobj variable will store a boolean
value.
How to remove Json object specific key and its value ?
You just need to know the property name in order to delete it from the object's properties.
delete myjsonobj['otherIndustry'];
let myjsonobj = {
"employeeid": "160915848",
"firstName": "tet",
"lastName": "test",
"email": "test@email.com",
"country": "Brasil",
"currentIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"otherIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentOrganization": "test",
"salary": "1234567"
}
delete myjsonobj['otherIndustry'];
console.log(myjsonobj);
If you want to remove a key when you know the value you can use Object.keys function which returns an array of a given object's own enumerable properties.
let value="test";
let myjsonobj = {
"employeeid": "160915848",
"firstName": "tet",
"lastName": "test",
"email": "test@email.com",
"country": "Brasil",
"currentIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"otherIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentOrganization": "test",
"salary": "1234567"
}
Object.keys(myjsonobj).forEach(function(key){
if (myjsonobj[key] === value) {
delete myjsonobj[key];
}
});
console.log(myjsonobj);
There are several ways to do this, lets see them one by one:
- delete method: The most common way
const myObject = {
"employeeid": "160915848",
"firstName": "tet",
"lastName": "test",
"email": "test@email.com",
"country": "Brasil",
"currentIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"otherIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentOrganization": "test",
"salary": "1234567"
};
delete myObject['currentIndustry'];
// OR delete myObject.currentIndustry;
console.log(myObject);
- By making key value undefined: Alternate & a faster way:
let myObject = {
"employeeid": "160915848",
"firstName": "tet",
"lastName": "test",
"email": "test@email.com",
"country": "Brasil",
"currentIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"otherIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentOrganization": "test",
"salary": "1234567"
};
myObject.currentIndustry = undefined;
myObject = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(myObject));
console.log(myObject);
- With es6 spread Operator:
const myObject = {
"employeeid": "160915848",
"firstName": "tet",
"lastName": "test",
"email": "test@email.com",
"country": "Brasil",
"currentIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"otherIndustry": "aaaaaaaaaaaaa",
"currentOrganization": "test",
"salary": "1234567"
};
const {currentIndustry, ...filteredObject} = myObject;
console.log(filteredObject);
Or if you can use omit() of underscore js library:
const filteredObject = _.omit(currentIndustry, 'myObject');
console.log(filteredObject);
When to use what??
If you don't wanna create a new filtered object, simply go for either option 1 or 2. Make sure you define your object with let while going with the second option as we are overriding the values. Or else you can use any of them.
hope this helps :)
What you call your "JSON Object" is really a JSON Array of Objects. You have to iterate over each and delete each member individually:
for(var i = 0; i < jsonArr.length; i++) {
delete jsonArr[i]['YYY'];
}
Another solution that avoids mutating the original array and uses a more modern features (object rest operator & destructuring)
const arr = [
{
XXX: "2",
YYY: "3",
ZZZ: "4"
},
{
XXX: "5",
YYY: "6",
ZZZ: "7"
},
{
XXX: "1",
YYY: "2",
ZZZ: "3"
}
]
// destructure 'YYY' and return the other props only
const newArray = arr.map(({YYY, ...rest}) => rest)
console.log(newArray)
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