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| # map-visit [](https://www.npmjs.com/package/map-visit) [](https://npmjs.org/package/map-visit)  [](https://npmjs.org/package/map-visit) [](https://travis-ci.org/jonschlinkert/map-visit)
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| > Map `visit` over an array of objects.
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| 
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| ## Install
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| 
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| Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
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| 
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| ```sh
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| $ npm install --save map-visit
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| ```
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| 
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| ## Usage
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| 
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| ```js
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| var mapVisit = require('map-visit');
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| ```
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| 
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| ## What does this do?
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| 
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| **Assign/Merge/Extend vs. Visit**
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| 
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| Let's say you want to add a `set` method to your application that will:
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| 
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| * set key-value pairs on a `data` object
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| * extend objects onto the `data` object
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| * extend arrays of objects onto the data object
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| 
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| **Example using `extend`**
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| 
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| Here is one way to accomplish this using Lo-Dash's `extend` (comparable to `Object.assign`):
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| 
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| ```js
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| var _ = require('lodash');
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| 
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| var obj = {
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|   data: {},
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|   set: function (key, value) {
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|     if (Array.isArray(key)) {
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|       _.extend.apply(_, [obj.data].concat(key));
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|     } else if (typeof key === 'object') {
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|       _.extend(obj.data, key);
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|     } else {
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|       obj.data[key] = value;
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|     }
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|   }
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| };
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| 
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| obj.set('a', 'a');
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| obj.set([{b: 'b'}, {c: 'c'}]);
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| obj.set({d: {e: 'f'}});
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| 
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| console.log(obj.data);
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| //=> {a: 'a', b: 'b', c: 'c', d: { e: 'f' }}
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| ```
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| 
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| The above approach works fine for most use cases. However, **if you also want to emit an event** each time a property is added to the `data` object, or you want more control over what happens as the object is extended, a better approach would be to use `visit`.
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| 
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| **Example using `visit`**
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| 
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| In this approach:
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| * when an array is passed to `set`, the `mapVisit` library calls the `set` method on each object in the array.
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| * when an object is passed, `visit` calls `set` on each property in the object.
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| 
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| As a result, the `data` event will be emitted every time a property is added to `data` (events are just an example, you can use this approach to perform any necessary logic every time the method is called).
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| 
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| ```js
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| var mapVisit = require('map-visit');
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| var visit = require('object-visit');
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| 
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| var obj = {
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|   data: {},
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|   set: function (key, value) {
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|     if (Array.isArray(key)) {
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|       mapVisit(obj, 'set', key);
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|     } else if (typeof key === 'object') {
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|       visit(obj, 'set', key);
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|     } else {
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|       // simulate an event-emitter
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|       console.log('emit', key, value);
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|       obj.data[key] = value;
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|     }
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|   }
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| };
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| 
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| obj.set('a', 'a');
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| obj.set([{b: 'b'}, {c: 'c'}]);
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| obj.set({d: {e: 'f'}});
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| obj.set({g: 'h', i: 'j', k: 'l'});
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| 
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| console.log(obj.data);
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| //=> {a: 'a', b: 'b', c: 'c', d: { e: 'f' }, g: 'h', i: 'j', k: 'l'}
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| 
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| // events would look something like:
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| // emit a a
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| // emit b b
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| // emit c c
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| // emit d { e: 'f' }
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| // emit g h
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| // emit i j
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| // emit k l
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| ```
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| 
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| ## About
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| 
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| ### Related projects
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| 
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| * [collection-visit](https://www.npmjs.com/package/collection-visit): Visit a method over the items in an object, or map visit over the objects… [more](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/collection-visit) | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/collection-visit "Visit a method over the items in an object, or map visit over the objects in an array.")
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| * [object-visit](https://www.npmjs.com/package/object-visit): Call a specified method on each value in the given object. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/object-visit "Call a specified method on each value in the given object.")
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| 
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| ### Contributing
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| 
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| Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
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| 
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| ### Contributors
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| 
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| | **Commits** | **Contributor** | 
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| | --- | --- |
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| | 15 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
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| | 7 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
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| 
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| ### Building docs
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| 
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| _(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
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| 
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| To generate the readme, run the following command:
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| 
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| ```sh
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| $ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
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| ```
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| 
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| ### Running tests
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| 
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| Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
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| 
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| ```sh
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| $ npm install && npm test
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| ```
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| 
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| ### Author
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| 
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| **Jon Schlinkert**
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| 
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| * [github/jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert)
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| * [twitter/jonschlinkert](https://twitter.com/jonschlinkert)
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| 
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| ### License
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| 
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| Copyright © 2017, [Jon Schlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert).
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| Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
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| 
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| ***
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| 
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| _This file was generated by [verb-generate-readme](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), v0.5.0, on April 09, 2017._ |