Flattening an array with truthy/ falsy values without using library functions - JavaScript

We are required to write a JavaScript array function that takes in a nested array with falsy values and returns an array with all the elements present in the array without any nesting.

For example − If the input is −

const arr = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, [5, false, 6, [5, 8, null]]], [6]];

Then the output should be −

const output = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, false, 6, 5, 8, null, 6];

Example

Following is the code −

const arr = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, [5, false, 6, [5, 8, null]]], [6]];
const flatten = function(){
   let res = [];
   for(let i = 0; i < this.length; i++){
      if(Array.isArray(this[i])){
         res.push(...this[i].flatten());
      }else{
         res.push(this[i]);
      };
   };
   return res;
};
Array.prototype.flatten = flatten;
console.log(arr.flatten());

Output

This will produce the following output in console −

[
   1, 2, 3,     4,
   5, 5, false, 6,
   5, 8, null,  6
]

AmitDiwan

Published on 18-Sep-2020 12:46:05

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