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Remove empty objects from object, recursive
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var removeEmpty = function(object) { | |
if (!_.isObject(object)) { | |
return; | |
} | |
_.keys(object).forEach(function(key) { | |
var localObj = object[key]; | |
if (_.isObject(localObj)) { | |
if (_.isEmpty(localObj)) { | |
delete object[key]; | |
return; | |
} | |
// Is object, recursive call | |
removeEmpty(localObj); | |
if (_.isEmpty(localObj)) { | |
delete object[key]; | |
return; | |
} | |
} | |
}); | |
}; | |
var a = {a: 1,b: [1, 2, 3, 4],c: {}}; | |
removeEmpty(a); | |
console.log(a); | |
var b = [1, 2, 3, 4, {a: 1}]; | |
removeEmpty(b); | |
console.log(b); | |
var c = {what: {data: {}},}; // you remove the data but what also remains empty | |
removeEmpty(c); | |
console.log(c); // the c should be empty object {} | |
var d = {what: {data: {tags: {remove: 1}}}}; // you remove the data but what also remains empty | |
removeEmpty(d); | |
console.log(d); // the c should be empty object {} | |
var e = { | |
what: { | |
board_data: {} | |
}, | |
where: { } | |
}; | |
removeEmpty(e); | |
console.log('e', e); | |
var f = { }; | |
removeEmpty(f); | |
console.log('f', f); |
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