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Flatten some arrays
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/** | |
* Yo dawg I heard you like arrays, so if you put arrays in your | |
* arrays here's a function that can flatten it. O(n) complexity | |
* | |
* e.g flattenArray([[1,2,[3]],4]) -> [1,2,3,4] | |
* | |
* @param {Array} inputArray - Unflattened array | |
* @returns {Array} flattened array, bye bye pesky nested arrays | |
*/ | |
function flattenArray(inputArray, outputArray = []) { | |
for (let i = 0; i < inputArray.length; i++) { | |
const inputValue = inputArray[i]; | |
if (Array.isArray(inputValue)) flattenArray(inputValue, outputArray); | |
else outputArray.push(inputValue); | |
} | |
return outputArray; | |
} |
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function testFlatten() { | |
const flattenTestCases = [{ | |
inputArray: [1], | |
expectedOutput: [1], | |
}, { | |
inputArray: [1, 2, 3, 4], | |
expectedOutput: [1, 2, 3, 4], | |
}, { | |
inputArray: [[1,2,[3]],4], | |
expectedOutput: [1, 2, 3, 4], | |
}, { | |
inputArray: [[1,[2],3],4], | |
expectedOutput: [1, 2, 3, 4], | |
}, { | |
inputArray: [[1,2,[3]],4, [6], [8, [9], 10], 11], | |
expectedOutput: [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11], | |
}] | |
for (let testCase of flattenTestCases) { | |
const outputArray = flattenArray(testCase.inputArray); | |
if (!areArraysEqual(outputArray, testCase.expectedOutput)) { | |
console.error(`Arrays are inequal:\n\n\tExpected: ${testCase.expectedOutput}\n\tActual: ${outputArray}`); | |
return; | |
} | |
} | |
console.log('flatten is humming long fine'); | |
} | |
function areArraysEqual(arr1 = [], arr2 = []) { | |
// arrays cant be equal if their lengths aren't equal | |
if (arr1.length !== arr2.length) return false; | |
// compare each index in each array | |
for (let i = 0; i < arr1.length; i++) { | |
if (arr1[i] !== arr2[i]) return false; | |
} | |
// checks pass! arrays are equal | |
return true; | |
} |
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