Suppose, we have a JSON object like this −
const obj = { a: { someKey: { propOne: '', enabled: true } }, b: { someKey: { propOne: '', enabled: false } }, c: { someKey: { propOne: '', enabled: false } }, someKey: { ab: { propOne: '', enabled: true } } };
We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in one such object and removes all the "enabled" properties recursively from the object in place that have a falsy value.
Example
The code for this will be −
const obj = { a: { someKey: { propOne: '', enabled: true } }, b: { someKey: { propOne: '', enabled: false } }, c: { someKey: { propOne: '', enabled: false } }, someKey: { ab: { propOne: '', enabled: true } } }; const deleteFalsyKey = obj => { const keys = Object.keys(obj); keys.forEach(key => { if(obj[key].enabled === false){ delete obj[key]; return; }; if(obj[key] && typeof obj[key] === 'object'){ deleteFalsyKey(obj[key]); if (!Object.keys(obj[key]).length) { delete obj[key]; }; } }); }; deleteFalsyKey(obj); console.log(obj);
Output
The output in the console −
{ a: { someKey: { propOne: '', enabled: true } }, someKey: { ab: { propOne: '', enabled: true } } }