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Write a function that splits an array (first argument) into groups the length of size (second argument) and returns them as a multidimensional array.
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// Bonfire: Chunky Monkey | |
// Author: @joepichardo | |
// Challenge: http://www.freecodecamp.com/challenges/bonfire-chunky-monkey | |
// Learn to Code at Free Code Camp (www.freecodecamp.com) | |
function chunk(arr, size) { | |
// Break it up. | |
//two empty arrays to make a two dimensional array | |
var outerArray = []; | |
var innerArray = []; | |
//go through the arr and push numbers to our innerArray | |
//(i+1) is used in the if statement since index and length are different by 1 | |
//if there is a remainder of 0 or we reached the end of array length | |
//push this innerArray to our OuterArray, then empty the innerArray | |
// for the next loop | |
for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){ | |
innerArray.push(arr[i]); | |
if( (i+1) % size === 0 || i == arr.length-1){ | |
outerArray.push(innerArray); | |
innerArray = []; | |
} | |
} | |
return outerArray; | |
} | |
chunk(["a", "b", "c", "d"], 2); |
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