Create array of values from array of objects

Question

Is there any tool to to create:

[ 'John', 'Sam', 'Marry' ]

from:

[ { name: 'John' }, { name: 'Sam' }, { name: 'Marry' } ]

?

Answer 1

Yeah, the map() method:

var array = [{name: 'John'}, {name: 'Sam'}, {name: 'Mary'}].map(function (val) {
    return val.name;
});

or jQuery's version:

var array = jQuery.map([{name: 'John'}, {name: 'Sam'}, {name: 'Mary'}], function (val) {
    return val.name;
});