#2675 - Array of Objects to Matrix

Problem Description

Write a function that converts an array of objects arr into a matrix m.

arr is an array of objects or arrays. Each item in the array can be deeply nested with child arrays and child objects. It can also contain numbers, strings, booleans, and null values.

The first row m should be the column names. If there is no nesting, the column names are the unique keys within the objects. If there is nesting, the column names are the respective paths in the object separated by ".".

Each of the remaining rows corresponds to an object in arr. Each value in the matrix corresponds to a value in an object. If a given object doesn't contain a value for a given column, the cell should contain an empty string "".

The columns in the matrix should be in lexographically ascending order.

Solution

/**
 * @param {Array} arr
 * @return {(string | number | boolean | null)[][]}
 */
var jsonToMatrix = function(arr) {
  const allKeys = Array.from(
    arr.reduce((keySet, item) => {
      extractKeys(item).forEach(key => keySet.add(key));
      return keySet;
    }, new Set())
  ).sort();

  return [allKeys, ...arr.map(item => allKeys.map(key => getValue(item, key)))];

  function isObject(value) {
    return value !== null && typeof value === 'object';
  }

  function extractKeys(object) {
    if (!isObject(object)) return [''];
    const keys = [];
    for (const key of Object.keys(object)) {
      const childKeys = extractKeys(object[key]);
      for (const childKey of childKeys) {
        keys.push(childKey ? `${key}.${childKey}` : key);
      }
    }
    return keys;
  }

  function getValue(obj, path) {
    const segments = path.split('.');
    let current = obj;
    let index = 0;

    while (index < segments.length && isObject(current)) {
      current = current[segments[index++]];
    }

    return index < segments.length || isObject(current) || current === undefined ? '' : current;
  }
};