object-array-to-data-rows

convertToDataArray(array, [sameStructure]) ⇒ Array.<Array>

Converts array of objects structure to CSV-like array of data arrays First element will be columns Then as many rows as array length

Install

Using npm

npm i object-array-to-data-rows

Using yarn

yarn add object-array-to-data-rows

Usage

In Node

const convertToDataArray = require('object-array-to-data-rows')

In browser

import * as convertToDataArray from 'object-array-to-data-rows'

Then convertToDataArray(arrayToConvert, allObjectsHaveSameStructure)

Examples

const array = [{a: 'this', b: 'is', c: 'a test'}, {a: 'this will', b: 'go in the', c: 'second row of data'}];
 
const asDataArray = convertToDataArray(array, true);
 
// asDataArray will be:
// [
//   ['a', 'b', 'c'], (the columns, sorted)
//   ['this', 'is', 'a test'],
//   ['this will', 'go in the', 'second row of data'],
// ]

Documentation

Kind: global function
Returns: Array.<Array> - Array of arrays

Param	Type	Default
array	Array.<object>
[sameStructure]	boolean	false