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JS Array Mix


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If I had 2 arrays that looked like this:

 

["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]

and

["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"]

 

and I wanted to make it end up like this:

["A", "1", "B", "2", "C", "3", "C", "4", "E", "5", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"]

 

What would be the easiest way to do it in JS, especially assuming that we may never know the length of the first two arrays?  It should also allow duplicates.

 

Thank you.

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I've found the solution:

 

var arr1 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"],
    arr2 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"],
    arr3 = [],
    arrLen = Math.min(arr1.length, arr2.length);
    
for (i = 0; i < arrLen; i++) {
    result.push(arr1[i], arr2[i]);
}

arr3.push(...arr1.slice(arrLen), ...arr2.slice(arrLen));
console.log(arr3);

 

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Your code seems way too complicated for no reason. Here's a better solution if you don't mind modifying the source arrays

 

let array1 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"];
let array2 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"];
let array3 = [];

while (array1.length > 0 || array2.length > 0)
{

	if (array1.length > 0)  array3.push(array1.shift())
	if (array2.length > 0)  array3.push(array2.shift())

}

 

 

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  On 16/10/2022 at 03:23, PmRd said:

Your code doesn't work and seems way too complicated for no reason. Here's a better solution if you don't mind modifying the source arrays

 

let array1 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"];
let array2 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"];
let array3 = [];

while (array1.length > 0 || array2.length > 0)
{

	if (array1.length > 0)  array3.push(array1.shift())
	if (array2.length > 0)  array3.push(array2.shift())

}

 

 

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Thank you. Your method is much more elegant

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  On 16/10/2022 at 03:30, Brian Miller said:

Thank you. Your method is much more elegant

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If you want the source arrays to remain intact you can do this instead

 

let array1 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"];
let array2 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"];

function mix(arr1, arr2) {
  
    let array1clone = [...arr1];
    let array2clone = [...arr2];
  
    let result = [];
  
    while (array1clone.length > 0 || array2clone.length > 0)
    {

      if (array1clone.length > 0)  result.push(array1clone.shift())
      if (array2clone.length > 0)  result.push(array2clone.shift())

    }
  
    return result;
  
}

console.log(mix(array1, array2));

 

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  On 16/10/2022 at 03:35, PmRd said:

If you want the source arrays to remain intact you can do this instead

 

let array1 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"];
let array2 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"];

function mix(arr1, arr2) {
  
    let array1clone = [...arr1];
    let array2clone = [...arr2];
  
    let result = [];
  
    while (array1clone.length > 0 || array2clone.length > 0)
    {

      if (array1clone.length > 0)  result.push(array1clone.shift())
      if (array2clone.length > 0)  result.push(array2clone.shift())

    }
  
    return result;
  
}

console.log(mix(array1, array2));

 

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I like that. Thank you

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Here's a fancy-pants version that supports an arbitrary number of arrays and also sparse arrays:

 

function mixArrays(...arrays) {

    const arrayLengths = arrays.map(array => array.length);
    const maxLength = Math.max(...arrayLengths);
    
    let result = [];

    for (let index = 0; index < maxLength; index++) {
        for (let array of arrays) {
            if (index in array) {
                result.push(array[index]);
            }
        }       
    }

    return result;
}

 

Example with two arrays:

 

let array1 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"];
let array2 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"];
let array3 = ["a", "b", "c"];

mixArrays(array1, array2);
// ['1', 'A', '2', 'B', '3', 'C', '4', 'D', '5', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K']

 

Three arrays:

 

mixArrays(array1, array2, array3);
// ['1', 'A', 'a', '2', 'B', 'b', '3', 'C', 'c', '4', 'D', '5', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K']

 

And sparse arrays:

 

array1[8] = "8";

mixArrays(array1, array2);
// ['1', 'A', '2', 'B', '3', 'C', '4', 'D', '5', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', '8', 'I', 'J', 'K']

 

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  On 16/10/2022 at 12:39, DonC said:

Here's a fancy-pants version that supports an arbitrary number of arrays and also sparse arrays:

 

function mixArrays(...arrays) {

    const arrayLengths = arrays.map(array => array.length);
    const maxLength = Math.max(...arrayLengths);
    
    let result = [];

    for (let index = 0; index < maxLength; index++) {
        for (let array of arrays) {
            if (index in array) {
                result.push(array[index]);
            }
        }       
    }

    return result;
}

 

Example with two arrays:

 

let array1 = ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"];
let array2 = ["A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "I", "J", "K"];
let array3 = ["a", "b", "c"];

mixArrays(array1, array2);
// ['1', 'A', '2', 'B', '3', 'C', '4', 'D', '5', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K']

 

Three arrays:

 

mixArrays(array1, array2, array3);
// ['1', 'A', 'a', '2', 'B', 'b', '3', 'C', 'c', '4', 'D', '5', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K']

 

And sparse arrays:

 

array1[8] = "8";

mixArrays(array1, array2);
// ['1', 'A', '2', 'B', '3', 'C', '4', 'D', '5', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', '8', 'I', 'J', 'K']

 

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Thank you, that is totally fancy pants!!! :D

 

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