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A zero dependency library to safe merge objects and arrays with customizable behavior.
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npm install smob --save
import { merge } from "smob";
const output = merge(...sources);
The following merge options are set by default:
true Merge object array properties.false Remove duplicates, when merging array elements.left (options.priority) The source aka leftmost array has by default the highest priority.false Deep clone input sources.false Merge sources in place.left The source aka leftmost object has by default the highest priority.The merge behaviour can be changed by creating a custom merger.
Arguments
(any[] | Record<string, any>)[]: The source arrays/objects.import { merge } from 'smob';
merge({ a: 1 }, { b: 2 }, { c: 3 });
// { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }
merge(['foo'], ['bar']);
// ['foo', 'bar']
A custom merger can simply be created by using the createMerger method.
Array
import { createMerger } from 'smob';
const merge = createMerger({ array: false });
merge({ a: [1,2,3] }, { a: [4,5,6] });
// { a: [1,2,3] }
ArrayDistinct
import { createMerger } from 'smob';
const merge = createMerger({ arrayDistinct: true });
merge({ a: [1,2,3] }, { a: [3,4,5] });
// { a: [1,2,3,4,5] }
Priority
import { createMerger } from 'smob';
const merge = createMerger({ priority: 'right' });
merge({ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { a: 3 })
// { a: 3 }
Strategy
import { createMerger } from 'smob';
const merge = createMerger({
strategy: (target, key, value) => {
if (
typeof target[key] === 'number' &&
typeof value === 'number'
) {
target[key] += value;
return target;
}
}
});
merge({ a: 1 }, { a: 2 }, { a: 3 });
// { a: 6 }
A returned value indicates that the strategy has been applied.
import { distinctArray } from 'smob';
distnctArray(['foo', 'bar', 'foo']);
// ['foo', 'bar']
The function also removes non-primitive elements that are identical by value or reference.
Objects
import { distinctArray } from 'smob';
distinctArray([{ foo: 'bar' }, { foo: 'bar' }]);
// [{ foo: 'bar' }]
Arrays
import { distinctArray } from 'smob';
distinctArray([['foo', 'bar'], ['foo', 'bar']]);
// [['foo', 'bar']]
Checks if two (non-primitive) elements are identical by value or reference.
import { isEqual } from 'smob';
isEqual({foo: 'bar'}, {foo: 'bar'});
// true
isEqual(['foo', 'bar'], ['foo', 'bar']);
// true
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Published under MIT License.
FAQs
Zero dependency library to safe merge objects.
The npm package smob receives a total of 6,998,626 weekly downloads. As such, smob popularity was classified as popular.
We found that smob demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.

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