Remove an item inside of an array which is inside of another array in angular?

Question

I have the following Structure:

export class Contact {
    id: number = 0;
    firstname: string = '';
    lastname: string = '';
    phones: Phone[] = [];
    emails: Email[] = [];
}

export class Email {
    id: number = 0;
    emailType: string = '';
    address: string = '';
}

export class Phone {
    id: number = 0;
    phoneType: string = '';
    number: string = '';
}

Now in a component I have an array of Contact named contacts and a phone object. I want to remove that phone object which is in a phones array of a contact which is inside of a contacts array. Is there a simple way like filter or something that can do this easily without going through all contacts with a loop?

no there aren't

JSmith
– JSmith

2020-12-05 02:50:13 +00:00
Commented Dec 5, 2020 at 2:50 — JSmith
– JSmith, Commented Dec 5, 2020 at 2:50

Natasha Kurian · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-05 08:36:19Z

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I can't think of another way of doing that and also there is 99.9% chances a function like filter would go through a loop

removePhone(contacts, phone){
  for (let i = 0; i < contacts.length; i++){
    const currentPhones = contacts[i].phones;
    for (let j = 0; j < currentPhones.length ; j++)
      if (currentPhones[j] === phone)
        return (currentPhones.splice(j, 1));
  }
}

or based on this post;

you could do something like

function filterAndRemove(array, func) {
  for ( var counter = 0; counter < array.length; counter++) {
    for (let i = array[counter].phones.length - 1; i >= 0 ; i--)  
      if (func(array[counter].phones[i], i, array[counter].phones)) {
        array[counter].phones.splice(i, 1);
    }
  }
}

(not tested)

edited Dec 5, 2020 at 8:36

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answered Dec 5, 2020 at 2:54

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Afshin Mobayen Khiabani Over a year ago

I was thinking about this problem for a few hours now. Yeah you are right. I'll go this way.

JSmith Over a year ago

@AfshinM.Khiabani please mark as answered if that solved your problem I've added another option for you if you wan't you could test it and add it to the array prototype

meriton · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-05 09:00:22Z

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While you have to use a loop, that needn't be onerous:

for (const contact of contacts) {
    contact.phones = contact.phones.filter(p => p != phone);
}

If you need to modify the existing array rather than creating a new one, you can do:

for (const contact of contacts) {
  remove(phone, contact.phones);
}

where

function remove<T>(item: T, array: T[]) {
  const index = array.indexOf(item);
  if (index > -1) {
    array.splice(index, 1);
  }
}

answered Dec 5, 2020 at 9:00

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Afshin Mobayen Khiabani · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-06 23:36:37Z

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I finally found a way by using filter:

let x = this.contacts.filter(x => x.phones.some(y => y.number == phone.number))[0];
x.phones = x.phones.filter(x => x.id != phone.id);

Or by id:

let x = this.contacts.filter(x => x.phones.some(y => y.id == phone.id))[0];
x.phones = x.phones.filter(x => x.id != phone.id);

answered Dec 6, 2020 at 23:36

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