Flatten JavaScript objects into a single-depth Object

Given a nested JavaScript object, the task is to flatten the object and pull out all the values to a single depth. If the values are already at a single depth then it returns the result unaltered.

typeof() method:

The typeof() method is used in the script to check the type of JavaScript variable.

Syntax:

typeof(variable);

Parameters:

• Variable: The input variable.

Return Value: This method returns a string that contains the type of the passed variable.

Approach

1. We make a function called flatten object which takes input of an object and returns an object.
2. Loop through the object and check the type of the current property:
   • If it is of type Object and it is not an Array, recursively call the function again.
   • Otherwise, store the value in the result.
3. Return the object.

Example: In this example, we are following the above approach.

Javascript

// Declare an object
let ob = {
    Company: "GeeksforGeeks",
    Address: "Noida",
    contact: +91-999999999,
    mentor: {
        HTML: "GFG",
        CSS: "GFG",
        JavaScript: "GFG"
    }
};

// Declare a flatten function that takes
// object as parameter and returns the
// flatten object
const flattenObj = (ob) => {

    // The object which contains the
    // final result
    let result = {};

    // loop through the object "ob"
    for (const i in ob) {

        // We check the type of the i using
        // typeof() function and recursively
        // call the function again
        if ((typeof ob[i]) === 'object' && !Array.isArray(ob[i])) {
            const temp = flattenObj(ob[i]);
            for (const j in temp) {

                // Store temp in result
                result[i + '.' + j] = temp[j];
            }
        }

        // Else store ob[i] in result directly
        else {
            result[i] = ob[i];
        }
    }
    return result;
};

console.log(flattenObj(ob));

Output

{
  Company: 'GeeksforGeeks',
  Address: 'Noida',
  contact: -999999908,
  'mentor.HTML': 'GFG',
  'mentor.CSS': 'GFG',
  'mentor.JavaScript': 'GFG'
}