pick-keys

Given an object, pick a random key and return it.

Install

$ npm install --save pick-keys 

Usage

For more use-cases see the tests

var pickKeys = require('pick-keys');

// API
// - pickKeys(object);
// - pickKeys(object, count);

pickKeys({ a: 1, b: 1, c: 1 });
// => ['a', 'c']

pickKeys({ a: 1, b: 1, c: 1 }, 1);
// => ['b']

pickKeys({ a: 1, b: 1, c: 1 }, 0);
// => []

pickKeys([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
// => ['1', '3', '4']


// others
pickKeys();      // => []
pickKeys(null);  // => []
pickKeys(1);     // => []
pickKeys('abc'); // => []
pickKeys({});    // => []
pickKeys([]);    // => []

Related

• pick-key - Given an object, pick a random key and return it.
• pick-prop - Given an object, pick a random property and return it.
• pick-props - Given an object, pick some random properties and return them in an array.
• pick-pair - Given an object, pick a random key-value and return it in a new object.
• pick-pairs - Given an object, pick some random key-values and return it in a new object.
• pick-item - Given an array, pick a random element and return it.
• pick-items - Given an array, pick some random elements and return them in a new array.

Contributing

Pull requests and stars are highly welcome.

For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.