Object into Array

Convert object into a list of tuples representing the field and the value.

Before

const palette = {
  apricot: "#f47868",
  lightning: "#ffcd1c",
  delta: "6f44f0",
};

After

const palette = [
  ["apricot", "#f47868"],
  ["lightning", "#ffcd1c"],
  ["delta", "6f44f0"],
];

Preview

Command

jmr{[mi[s:<enter>

r,bems"vt,ms[

1. Go to the line below with j, this is because we need to be inside of the object for the next step.
2. mr{[ replaces the nearest pair of curly braces "{" with square brackets "["
3. mi[ selects inside the entire array
4. Use s to enter select mode, which searches inside our selection and creates sub-selections based on a pattern
5. Input : and then hit <enter>, which will place a cursor on every ":" creating many single-width selections
6. r, replaces each selection with a ",". Essentially we've replaced each colon with a comma
7. be selects the previous word on each line and moves each cursor to the end of each word
8. ms" surrounds each word with double quotes to make strings
9. vt, selects each line excluding the final comma
10. ms[ surrounds each individual selection with "[" to turn it into an array