The question is to use reduce() to operate on an array of arrays and return a homogeneous array with no sub-arrays. Eg - [1,2,[3,[4,5]]] will return [1,2,3,4,5].
Here is code that works, considering the sub-array itself is not another array of arrays-
var a = [3,[4,[5,[6,7]]]];
var b = 8;
var c = [9,10];
var x = []
var arr = [1,2,a,b,c];
arr = [1,2,3,4,c];
console.log(arr.reduce(function oneArray(a,b)
{
return a.concat(b);
},x))
Notice that I change my arr array as the code does not work for the first arr array i.e [1,2,a,b,c]. For arr [1,2,3,4,c] the object returned is [1,2,3,4,9,10]
Here is my attempt to make it work for the first arr-
function oneArray(a,b)
{
if (typeof b == "object")
b = b.reduce(oneArray(x,y),[]);
return a.concat(b);
}
console.log(arr.reduce(oneArray(a,b),x));
This gives me the error
Uncaught TypeError: [object Array] is not a function(anonymous function) @ Flattening.html:27
It interprets my function oneArray as an array not a function
I understand the problem comes from the fact that reduce can (I think) work only with a function defined as a parameter. Does anyone have a solution so that I get [1,2,3,4,5,6,78,9,10] as my result working around the limitations of reduce() unless I missed something?
Reduce with a test for an array and a recursive call of the reduce function.
Edit: Kudos to Jonathan Lonowski for the hint.
function flat(r, a) {
if (Array.isArray(a)) {
return a.reduce(flat, r);
}
r.push(a);
return r;
}
var array = [3, [4, [5, [6, 7]]]];
document.write('<pre>' + JSON.stringify(array.reduce(flat, []), 0, 4) + '</pre>');
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