arrays - Turning a plain text string into a table using Javascript -

i'm scratching head around javascript exercise: receive plain text using ajax:

“201 george /  / ”  “301 mary / 302 lucy / ”  “401 craig da / 402 ann / 403 al mia”

i need create 3 objects this:

{     "floor2": [{         "apart": "201",         "name": "george"      }],     "floor3": [{         "apart": "301",         "name": "mary"     }, {         "apart": "302",         "name": "lucy"     }],     "floor4": [{         "apart": "401",         "name": "craig d"     }, {         "apart": "402",         "name": "ann"     }, {         "apart": "403",         "name": "al mia"     }] } 

the table below visual aid.

apartment 1   |   name   |   apartment 2   |   name   |   apartment 3   |   name -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 201           | george   |   -             |   -      |   -             |   -    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 301           | mary     |   302           |   lucy   |   -             |   -    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 401           | craig d  |   402           |   ann    |   403           |   al mia    

i have long code lots of arrays within arrays, think can done in cleaner way.

i quite fond of reduce. should going. have assumed floor can derived position in data there not seem better source.

var text = "\"201 george /  / \"\n\"301 mary / 302 lucy / \"\n\"401 craig da / 402 ann / 403 al mia\"";    var floors = text.split("\n");  var buildingdata = floors.reduce(function(flooracc, floor, floorindex){    // rid of odd quotes.    floor = floor.slice(1, -1);      var units = floor.split("/");    flooracc["floor" + (floorindex + 2)] = units.reduce(function(unitacc, unit){      var parts = unit.trim().split(" ");      if (parts[0].trim() === ""){ return unitacc; }        unitacc.push({"apartment" : parts[0], "name" : parts.slice(1).join(" ")});      return unitacc;    }, []);      return flooracc;  }, {});    console.log(buildingdata);