From ba42929d1d5495b02e90ff34cb58cf9495da824c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: buzz-lightsnack-2007
 <73412182+buzz-lightsnack-2007@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 09:00:49 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] set nested data with automatic subdictionary created via
 `nested.dictionary`

---
 scripts/utils/nested.js | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/utils/nested.js b/scripts/utils/nested.js
index 1f9d4cf..48e4dcd 100644
--- a/scripts/utils/nested.js
+++ b/scripts/utils/nested.js
@@ -35,6 +35,36 @@ nested.dictionary = class dictionary {
           // Now return the data.
           return DATA;
      }
+
+     /*
+     Update a data with a new value.
+
+     @param {object} data the data to be used
+     @param {string} path the path to the data
+     @param {object} value the value to be used
+     @return {object} the data
+     */
+     static set(data, path, value) {
+          let DATA = data, PATH = path, VALUE = value;
+
+          // Convert path into an array if not yet set.
+          PATH = (Array.isArray(PATH)) ? PATH : (PATH && (typeof PATH).includes(`str`)) ? PATH.trim().split(`,`) : [];
+
+          // Get the current path.
+          PATH = {"all": PATH};
+          PATH[`target`] = PATH[`all`];
+          PATH[`current`] = String(PATH[`target`].shift()).trim();
+
+          if (PATH[`target`].length > 0) {
+               (DATA[PATH[`current`]] == null) ? DATA[PATH[`current`]] = {} : false;
+               DATA[PATH[`current`]] = nested.dictionary.set(DATA[PATH[`current`]], PATH[`target`], VALUE);
+          } else {
+               DATA[PATH[`current`]] = VALUE;
+          }
+
+          // Return the value.
+          return (DATA);
+     }
 }
 
 export {nested as default};
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