Using Moment.js to Retrieve Weekdays with Keys

Discover how to pair days of the week with their respective keys using `Moment.js`. This guide provides a clear method for achieving this in your JavaScript projects.
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Retrieve Weekdays with Keys using Moment.js

If you've ever needed to get the days of the week with their corresponding keys in JavaScript, you might have run into a common issue when using Moment.js. The built-in function moment.weekdays() retrieves the array of weekdays, but unfortunately, it does not include keys.

In this guide, we will answer the question: How can I turn the weekday array generated by Moment.js into an array that includes keys? We’ll provide a straightforward solution, breaking it down into clear sections for easy understanding.

Understanding the Problem

When you call moment.weekdays(), it returns an array like this:

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While this array provides the days of the week, you may want to access each day by an associated key (for instance, "0" for Sunday, "1" for Monday, and so on). The goal here is to create a new array that resembles this structure:

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Step-by-Step Solution

To achieve this, we can use the map function available on arrays in JavaScript. This function allows us to transform each element of the array into a new format.

1. Retrieve the Weekdays

First, you will retrieve the weekdays using the moment.weekdays() function.

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2. Construct the New Array with Keys

Next, using map, we can create a new array where each entry is a sub-array containing the key and the day. Here’s the code that accomplishes this:

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Code Explanation

map((v, i) => ...): This takes each value v and its index i from the array.

String(i): Converts the index to a string, which is necessary because your desired output format specifies string keys.

[String(i), v]: Each element of the new array will have the key and the respective weekday.

3. Implementing in React Components

If you are using this in a React component, you can populate dropdown options using a similar approach:

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Alternative Use Case

If you want to get the active state based on the current day of the week, you can modify the approach as follows:

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Conclusion

In this guide, we tackled the problem of obtaining weekdays from Moment.js with their corresponding keys. By utilizing the map method, we effectively transformed the array into a more usable format for various applications, especially in web development projects.

Feel free to copy and modify the provided code snippets to tailor them to your requirements. Happy coding!

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