Keeping only certain properties in a JavaScript object Code Answer

I have an object. I would like to modify the object (not clone it) by removing all properties except for certain specific properties. For instance, if I started with this object:

var myObj={
    p1:123,
    p2:321,
    p3:{p3_1:1231,p3_2:342},
    p4:'23423',
    //....
    p99:{p99_1:'sadf',p99_2:234},
    p100:3434
}

and only want properties p1, p2, and p100, how can I obtain this object:

var myObj={
    p1:123,
    p2:321,
    p100:3434
}

I understand how I could do this with brute force, but would like a more elegant solution.

Answer

Just re-initialise the object:

myObj = {
    p1:   myObj.p1,
    p2:   myObj.p2,
    p100: myObj.p100
};

Another way is to delete certain properties, which is less effective:

var prop = ['p1', 'p2', 'p100'];
for (var k in myObj) {
    if (prop.indexOf(k) < 0) {
        delete myObj[k];
    }
}