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Javascript array concatenation
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// Following concat function concatenate javascript arrays | |
// It consider three more factor then normal Array.prototype.concat: | |
// 1. eliminate common element | |
// 2. escape null and undefined | |
// 3. deal with element being an array | |
var arr1 = ['a']; | |
var arr2 = ['b', 'c']; | |
var arr3 = ['c', ['d'], 'e', undefined, null]; | |
// return object classname | |
var classof = function(o){ | |
if (o === null) { return "null"; } | |
if (o === undefined) { return "undefined"; } | |
var className = Object.prototype.toString.call(o).slice(8,-1); | |
return className; | |
}; | |
var concat = (function(){ | |
// concat arr1 and arr2 without duplication. | |
var concat_ = function(arr1, arr2) { | |
for (var i=arr2.length-1;i>=0;i--) { | |
// escape undefined and null element | |
if (arr2[i] === undefined || arr2[i] === null) { | |
continue; | |
} | |
// recursive deal with array element | |
// can also handle multi-level array wrapper | |
if (classof(arr2[i]) === 'Array') { | |
for (var j=arr2[i].length-1;j>=0;j--) { | |
concat_(arr1, arr2[i][j]); | |
} | |
continue; | |
} | |
arr1.indexOf(arr2[i]) === -1 ? arr1.push(arr2[i]) : 0; | |
} | |
}; | |
// concat arbitrary arrays. | |
// Instead of alter supplied arrays, return a new one. | |
return function(arr) { | |
var result = arr.slice(); | |
for (var i=arguments.length-1;i>=1;i--) { | |
concat_(result, arguments[i]); | |
} | |
return result; | |
}; | |
}()); | |
console.log( arr1.concat(arr2, arr3) ); | |
// result: [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'c', [ 'd' ], 'e', undefined, null ] | |
console.log( concat(arr1, arr2, arr3) ); | |
// result: [ 'a', 'e', 'd', 'c', 'b' ] | |
delete arr3[2]; | |
console.log( concat(arr1, arr2, arr3) ); | |
// result: [ 'a', 'd', 'c', 'b' ] |
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