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How to collate an array of dictionaries into a dictionary of arrays?


<!DOCTYPE html>
<!-- http://stackoverflow.com/a/7455119 -->
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
var list = [
    {name:'apple', category: "fruit", price: 1.22 },
    {name:'pear', category: "fruit", price: 2.22 },
    {name:'coke', category: "drink", price: 3.33 },
    {name:'sprite', category: "drink", price: .44 },
];

function dictionary(list) {
    var map = {};
    for (var i = 0; i < list.length; ++i) {
        var category = list[i].category;
        if (!map[category])
            map[category] = [];
        map[category].push(list[i].name);
        // map[category].push(list[i]);
    }
    return map;
}

</script>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var map = dictionary(list);
for (var cat in map) {
    document.write(cat + ": " + map[cat] + "<br />");
}
</script>   
</body>
</html>