I feel that there must be a better way to "expand out" JavaScript objects based on an array of one of the properties. Here is the sample code that works and achieves the correct result but it's as ugly as sin and doesn't feel right.
"use strict";
var _ = require('lodash');
var test = [
{
some: 'value',
somestuff: ['one','two','three']
},
{
some: 'other value',
somestuff: 'four'
}
];
var result = _.map(test,function(item){
if(Array.isArray(item.somestuff)){
var myarray = item.somestuff;
delete item.somestuff;
return _.map(myarray, function(item2){
var newItem = _.cloneDeep(item);
newItem.ar = item2;
return newItem;
});
} else {
return item;
}
});
var hyperresult = _.flatten(result);
console.log(hyperresult);
