string to tree js

string_to_tree.js

const paths = ["path/to/file1.doc", "path/to/file2.doc", "foo/bar.doc"];

    
const stringToTree = (data) => {
    return data.reduce((r, path) => {
        path.split('/').reduce((o, name) => {
            var temp = (o.children = o.children || []).find(q => q.name === name);
            if (!temp) o.children.push(temp = { name });
            return temp;
        }, r);
        return r;
    }, { children: [] });
}


console.log(stringToTree(paths));