Hey all,
I'm hoping to hit an existing array with another array to remove the specific items from the original.
Like if I have [22, 33, 44, 55], and I hit it with a payload of [33, 44], I wind up with [22, 55] coming out. I've been looking at the javascript tutorials that were recommended on other posts looking for something similar, and I feel like I could get something going, but in a very round-about way. I get a feeling there's a more simple solution that I'm overlooking.
What I'm wanting to do is build an array using .push() and have the items populate in the dashboard dropdown node. Later I'd like to be able to remove items from that dropdown by checking the boxes on those items. I've got the first part working fine, the but removal seems to be less clear.
var itemToRemove = msg.removeItem;
var array = msg.payload; //assuming payload is an array!
msg.payload = array.filter(e => e != itemToRemove);
return msg;
or if it is an array of items to remove...
var itemsToRemove = msg.removeItems;
var array = msg.payload; //assuming payload is an array!
msg.payload = array.filter(e => itemsToRemove.includes(e) == false );
return msg;
Here is something else to think about -- a change node using a JSONata expression that returns only items in the msg.original array that are not included in the msg.payload array:
Of course, if your original array is not inside the msg (i.e. in some context variable), the syntax would change a bit -- but the concept is the same... the expression inside square brackets is applied to each element in the outer array, and only those matching are returned.
