I'm looking for a jQuery method to merge two arrays so that their values alternate:
var array1 = [1,2,3,4,5];
var array2 = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'];
The result I want is:
var arrayCombined = [1, 'a', 2, 'b', 3, 'c', 4, 'd', 5, 'e'];
Please note that I know it is trivial to do this in JS, however I am after a jQuery method that will do this.
You can use the map
method:
var array1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var array2 = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'];
var arrayCombined = $.map(array1, function(v, i) {
return [v, array2[i]];
});
console.log(arrayCombined);
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/hmUy6/
If you must use jQuery, you can take advantage of their broken $.map
implementation.
var result = $.map(array1, function(v, i) {
return [v, array2[i]];
});
jQuery's $.map
flattens the returned array, giving you the result you want.
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/8rn2w/
Pure JS solution:
var result = array1.reduce(function(arr, v, i) {
return arr.concat(v, array2[i]);
}, []);
DEMO: http://jsfiddle.net/8rn2w/1/
Try something like this:-
function merge(array1, array2) {
if (array1.length == array2.length) {
var c = [];
for (var i = 0; i < array1.length; i++) {
c.push([array1[i], array2[i]]);
}
return c;
}
return null;
}