Javascript Array of objects get single value [duplicate]

Question

Lets say I have an array of objects:

var employees=[]
employees[0]={name:"George", age:32, retiredate:"March 12, 2014"}
employees[1]={name:"Edward", age:17, retiredate:"June 2, 2023"}
employees[2]={name:"Christine", age:58, retiredate:"December 20, 2036"}
employees[3]={name:"Sarah", age:62, retiredate:"April 30, 2020"}

Is there an array function that will allow me to get one property as an array, for example:

namesArray = employees.reduceToProperty('name'); // none existent function i made up!

// should return ["George","Edward","Christine","Sarah"]

I know how get the desired result with a loop, I am just hoping for an array function or combination of functions exist that can do this in one line.

Answer 1

var names = employees.map(function(i) {
  return i.name;
});

names is now an array containing the name-properties of the objects.