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Remove null, undefined, NaN, and empty strings from an object.
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var settings = { | |
foo: "", | |
bar: undefined, | |
hello: "world", | |
baz: NaN, | |
what: null, | |
test: "string", | |
zero: 0, | |
falseVal: false | |
} | |
function removeEmptyElements(object) { | |
for (var key in object) { | |
var value = object[key]; | |
if (value === '' || | |
value !== value || /* NaN */ | |
value == null /* null or undefined */) { | |
delete object[key] | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
removeEmptyElements(settings); | |
console.log(settings) // Returns: Object {hello: "world", test: "string", zero: 0, falseVal: false} |
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JSFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/VUAqT/1
EDIT: Updated JSFiddle example