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Posted: **28 Oct 2020, 09:13**

I can't figure out how I can change the following object in JavaScript:

{"first":["de"], "second":["ab","de"], "third":["de"]}

to:

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{"de":["first", "second", "third"], "ab":["second"]}

I want to associate unique values with list of containing keys in a JavaScript object.
Here is what I have tried:

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const data = {
  "first":["de"],
  "second":["ab","de"],
  "third":["de"]
}

console.log(
  Object
  .keys(data).reduce(function(obj, key) {
    obj[data[key]] = key;
    return obj;
  }, {})
)

Posted: **28 Oct 2020, 09:55**

You have to loop the array and for each item in the array check if an array for that value exists in the accumulator or not before adding it:

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const data = {
  "first":["de"],
  "second":["ab","de"],
  "third":["de"]
}

let result = Object.entries(data).reduce((acc, [key, arr]) => { // for each key-array of the original object
  arr.forEach(value => {                                        // for each value in the array
    acc[value] = acc[value] || [];                              // create an array in the output object if it doesn't already exist
    acc[value].push(key);                                       // push the key to it
  });

  return acc;
}, {});

console.log(result);

I also used Object.entries with each entry desctuctured as [key, arr] so I don't have to use the extra [key] to get the array while using Object.keys.

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