# How to flatten an object **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions about Thunkable X\ **Created:** [September 11, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888 "2022-09-11T17:51:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/1 "2022-09-11T17:51:58Z")
hi I am not a bypass champion. and I could really use a hand flattening an object with thunkable it looks like this {“item”:“12”,“numitem”:1,“vkip”:“Day”,“vkipier”:“Eric”,“vdata”[0,0,1,5,0,10]} and i would like to present it like this : {“item”:“12”,“numitem”:1,“vkip”:“Day”,“vkipier”:“Eric”,“vd1”:0,"vd2:0,“vd3”:1,“vd4”:5,“vd6”:10} is it possible ? ---
**Author:** ![tatiang](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/tatiang/32/55482_2.png) [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/2 "2022-09-11T18:00:02Z")
Can you say a little more about what you’re wanting Thunkable to do? Do you want to set up blocks to convert the first JSON to the second JSON? ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:23pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/3 "2022-09-11T18:23:27Z")
See this output. is it what you are looking for? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/c/0c72bd5b45a8e98a2316552cff819a4efab24d73.png) Here is the code ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/d/0/d0f1d05ad95542edb48c7751b8294ee55777b530.png) Have fun Thunking! ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/4 "2022-09-11T18:53:49Z")
hi I should be happy for the support provided so efficient so fast you have managed to extract the list but it is no longer quite the starting point or you think that I can do the rest ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/5 "2022-09-11T18:56:40Z")
> [@bibbi](#): > > it is no longer quite the starting point I didn’t understand. Do you want the full set to be shown? You can loop through the object. Unfortunately, Thunkable does not have a block to delete/remove a key pair from an object. Give me couple of minutes to de a demo. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/6 "2022-09-11T19:02:23Z")
hi to tell you the truth, I was able to send objects one after the other in a spreadsheet but I wanted to send the json string (composed of several objects) at once and I did not find an accessible script to make it happen Anyway, I’ll keep it off the list. ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/7 "2022-09-11T19:02:47Z")
See my new demo. I created 2 empty objects. One to hold the original JSON and one for the newly created JSON. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/0/80a2128c254673378cd1a205092ac350cb783843.png) Now, I loop through the keys of the original JSON and test if the key is **vdata**. If yes then I loop through the content of this key, otherwise, I copy the key value pair as is. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/4/4/449aaca8e77fe7c0d7c70d4abe06b5a312b30785.png) This is a sample result ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/9/f912299daca4d50115102ea62e7ae413a611b524.png) Hope this solves your issue. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/8 "2022-09-11T19:12:02Z")
hi I take a big hat off to you it’s perfect thunkable can do it all i meant muneer can do it all ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/9 "2022-09-11T20:14:27Z")
Thank you for your nice words. Please mark it solved. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 4:27am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/10 "2022-09-12T04:27:43Z")
hi with these blocks i try to flatten a list of ojbects saved in list tosheet but the loop loops when there is only one object in the list (I start small) ![Capture d’écran 2022-09-12 à 06.17.07](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/f/e/fe1324c3f5d9dfdcff28d244a44017136b0dfd37.png) ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:32am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/11 "2022-09-12T05:32:17Z")
Does the list `tosheet` contains objects or JSON strings? ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/12 "2022-09-12T17:37:47Z")
hi I tried apart from your solution and I seem to be on the voice except that in tosheet I find the second element twice instead of having one and two ![Capture d’écran 2022-09-12 à 19.31.58](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/a/7ad5980cb3a775c80e53823f44fc7261bbf3b17e.png) ![Capture d’écran 2022-09-12 à 19.58.53](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/6/5/65dba135a2572d6381c061ba99c7d26526ebb63d.png) a loop problem? ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/13 "2022-09-12T18:16:38Z")
I tried to make a similar loop but I do not see a problem ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/8/5/85560919ad14ca4fdb2974eb3b3774e5600fbf55.png) Starting blocks ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/7/b/7b7e00eba4109124997239054b02c3ac0451fc58.png) Main block ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/e/9/e9111fed24d2b508131c0c3e8d8f88b0cd0c298f.png) ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/14 "2022-09-12T18:21:24Z")
I thought you could only nest two loops with variables i and j ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/15 "2022-09-12T18:28:08Z")
how do you do to get this variable which is not an app variable ? ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/16 "2022-09-12T18:30:39Z")
> [@bibbi](#): > > get this variable which is not an app variable ? When you add a new loop block. click on the **j or i** variable, you will get a popup menu ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/thunkable/original/3X/0/f/0fb25ae3cdc8f0caf7cd68197d4916a97b9b537f.png) Select **Rename variable** and choose a name for your loop variable. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:37pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/17 "2022-09-12T18:37:02Z")
when i do it it changes all “i” by the new name it doesn’t create a new one ---
**Author:** ![muneer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/muneer/32/75210_2.png) [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/18 "2022-09-12T18:40:34Z")
> [@bibbi](#): > > it changes all “i” by the new name This is because you do **copy/paste** of the loop block. You have to use a new block from the **Control** drawer. If you copy the block it will share the variable name and may create unexpected problems in the results. _This is an undocumented BUG_. ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/19 "2022-09-12T18:45:36Z")
Well I go back to my objects thanks ---
**Author:** ![bibbi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@bibbi](https://community.thunkable.com/u/bibbi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888/20 "2022-09-13T04:36:22Z")
hi I know it’s borderline off topic but the list thus created is not considered as json as json validator told me then I transformed the list into a string Jason Jason validator said ok but when I parse in my script it no longer works (a very simple script to know who does what) I should have just sent the objects one after the other🙂 [Next page](https://community.thunkable.com/t/how-to-flatten-an-object/2036888.md?page=2)