Javascript string array to object [duplicate]

Question

How do I convert a string array:

var names = [
    "Bob",
    "Michael",
    "Lanny"
];

into an object like this?

var names = [
    {name:"Bob"},
    {name:"Michael"},
    {name:"Lanny"}
];

Answer 1

Super simple Array.prototype.map() job

names.map(name => ({ name }))

That is... map each entry (name) to an object with key "name" and value name.

var names = [
    "Bob",
    "Michael",
    "Lanny"
];

console.info(names.map(name => ({ name })))

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Silly me, I forgot the most important part

names.map(name => name === 'Bob' ? 'Saab' : name)
     .map(name => ({ name }))

Answer 2

You can do this too:

var names = [
"Bob",
"Michael",
"Lanny"
];

var objNames = []

names.forEach(name => {
  objNames.push({
    name
  })
})

Using ES6 you can set name and it is equal to name: name