pick-props

Given an object, pick some random properties and return them in an array.

Install

$ npm install --save pick-props 

Usage

For more use-cases see the tests

var pickProps = require('pick-props');

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


pickProps({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 });
// => [2, 3]

pickProps({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }, 1);
// => [2]

pickProps({ a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 }, 0);
// => []

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


// empty object or array
pickProps({});    // => []
pickProps([]);    // => []


// others
pickProps();      // => []
pickProps(null);  // => []
pickProps(1);     // => []
pickProps('abc'); // => []

Related

• pick-prop - Given an object, pick a random property and return it.
• pick-key - Given an object, pick a random key and return it.
• pick-keys - Given an object, pick some random keys 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.