I have a set of two arrays. One contains some fruit values as strings, the other one contains some random numbers. Here I considered the number arrays are the indexes of the fruits array. How to get a new array of fruits given the numbers in the index array?
Sample code:
var resultArr = [];
var fruitier = ["apple", "orange", "grapes", "pineapple", "fig", "banana", "jackfruit", "pomegranate"];
var indexArr = [0, 2, 4];
Output:
resultArr = ["apple", "grapes", "fig"];
for(var i = 0; i < indexArr.length; i++)
resultArr.push(fruitier[indexArr[i]]);
Use .map
:
var resultArr = indexArr.map(i => fruitier[i])
If you want to achieve that with lodash, use _.at()
:
var fruitier = ['apple', 'orange', 'grapes', 'pineapple', 'fig', 'banana', 'jackfruit', 'pomegranate'];
var indexArr = [0, 2, 4];
var resultArr = _.at(fruitier, indexArr);
console.log(resultArr);
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You can use for..of
loop
for (var key of indexArr) resultArr[resultArr.length] = fruitier[key];
Array#map works (documentation)
const getFromIndex = (array, indexes) => indexes.map((index) => array[index]);
You can use Array#filter too (documentation)
const fruitier = ['apple', 'orange', 'grapes', 'pineapple', 'fig', 'banana', 'jackfruit', 'pomegranate'];
const indexArr = [0, 2, 4];
const getFromIndex = (array, indexes) => {
return array.filter((element, index) => indexes.includes(index));
};
Or also Array#reduce (documentation)
const getFromIndex = (array, indexes) => {
return indexes.reduce((result, i) => result.concat(array[i]), []);
};
Use lodash pullAt
var fruitier = ["apple", "orange", "grapes", "pineapple", "fig", "banana",
"jackfruit", "pomegranate"];
var indexArr = [0, 2, 4];
var resultArr = _.pullAt(fruitier, indexArr);
console.log(resultArr);
// ["apple", "grapes", "fig"]
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Key difference to be aware of alongside the above recommendation for _.at() is - this method mutates input array.