Array with dot notation

[nickforddev]

I changed the validate regex to look for dot notation (because my schema only understands dot notation for validation), but now it is not possible to create arrays.

The new regex: /^[a-z][a-z0-9_]*(?:\.[a-z0-9_]+)*(?:\[\])?$/i

And here's an example of what I was previously looking to do:

test[test][][name]

How would this be achieved using dot notation? Would it be possible to combine the two validation regexes to allow for mixed notation?

[macek]

dot notation still supports the empty [] for push. So your key would be test.test[].name

Generally though, the push key is intended to be the last part of the key otherwise you're going to struggle working with it.

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This following example wouldn't work. The push key would have no idea that age belongs to the first item in test.test and instead will always create a new element

test.test[].name
test.test[].age
test.test[].gender
test.test[].name
test.test[].age
test.test[].gender

Output

[
  {name: ...},
  {age: ...},
  {gender: ...},
  {name: ...},
  {age: ...},
  {gender: ...},
]

You're better using an incrementing index

test.test.0.name
test.test.0.age
test.test.0.gender
test.test.1.name
test.test.1.age
test.test.1.gender

Output

[
  {name: ..., age: ..., gender: ...},
  {name: ..., age: ..., gender: ...}
]

[macek]

Marking this as closed. Let me know if you have any other issues.

[nickforddev]

Thank you for clarifying this behavior, it works perfectly