Lodash _.keyBy() Method

Lodash _.keyBy() method creates an object composed of keys generated from the results of running each element of collection through iterate. The corresponding value of each key is the last element that is responsible for generating the key.

Syntax:

_.keyBy( collection, iteratee )

Parameters:

• collection (Array|Object) parameter holds the collection to iterate over.
• iterate : (Function) parameter holds the iterate to transform keys.

Return Value: This method returns the composed aggregate object.

Example 1: In this example we use Lodash's _.keyBy() method to transform the array into an object, keyed by the dir property.

// Requiring the lodash library 
const _ = require("lodash");

// Original array 
let array = [
    { 'dir': 'left', 'code': 89 },
    { 'dir': 'right', 'code': 71 }
];

// Use of _.keyBy() method
let keyby_array = _.keyBy(array, 'dir');

// Printing the output 
console.log(keyby_array);

Output:

{ 'left': { 'dir': 'left', 'code': 89 }, 
'right': { 'dir': 'right', 'code': 71 } }

Example 2: In this example we use Lodash's _.keyBy() method to create an object from the array, where keys are derived from converting the code property to characters

// Requiring the lodash library 
const _ = require("lodash");

// Original array 
let array = [
    { 'dir': 'left', 'code': 89 },
    { 'dir': 'right', 'code': 71 }
];

// Use of _.keyBy() method
let keyby_array = _.keyBy(array, function (o) {
    return String.fromCharCode(o.code);
});

// Printing the output 
console.log(keyby_array);

Output:

{ 'Y': { 'dir': 'left', 'code': 89 }, 
'G': { 'dir': 'right', 'code': 71 } }