bower/lib/node_modules/mout/src/array/groupBy.js

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define([
    '../array/forEach',
    '../function/identity',
    '../function/makeIterator_'
], function(forEach, identity, makeIterator) {

    /**
     * Bucket the array values.
     */
    function groupBy(arr, categorize, thisObj) {
        if (categorize) {
            categorize = makeIterator(categorize, thisObj);
        } else {
            // Default to identity function.
            categorize = identity;
        }

        var buckets = {};
        forEach(arr, function(element) {
            var bucket = categorize(element);
            if (!(bucket in buckets)) {
                buckets[bucket] = [];
            }

            buckets[bucket].push(element);
        });

        return buckets;
    }

    return groupBy;
});