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Flatten an array of arbitrarily nested arrays of integers into a flat array of integers
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/** | |
* Code was written in Javascript (ES6) | |
* Tests will work only in Node.js environment | |
*/ | |
/** | |
* Flatten an array of arbitrarily nested arrays of integers into | |
* a flat array of integers. e.g. [[1,2,[3]],4] -> [1,2,3,4]. | |
* | |
* @param {Array} input | |
*/ | |
function flatten(input) { | |
if (!Array.isArray(input)) { | |
throw TypeError(`An Array is expected, ${typeof input} was given.`); | |
} | |
let result = []; | |
input.forEach(element => { | |
result.push(...(Array.isArray(element) ? flatten(element) : [element])); | |
}); | |
return result; | |
} | |
/** Tests */ | |
const assert = require('assert'); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten(), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten(null), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten(1), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten('string'), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten(false), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten({}), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten(NaN), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten(Symbol()), TypeError); | |
assert.throws(() => flatten(() => {}), TypeError); | |
assert.deepEqual(flatten([]), []); | |
assert.deepEqual(flatten([1, 2, 3]), [1, 2, 3]); | |
assert.deepEqual(flatten([1, 2, [3]]), [1, 2, 3]); | |
assert.deepEqual(flatten([1, 2, [3, [4]]]), [1, 2, 3, 4]); | |
assert.deepEqual(flatten([[1, 2, [3]], 4]), [1, 2, 3, 4]); | |
assert.deepEqual(flatten([[1, 2, 3, 4]]), [1, 2, 3, 4]); | |
assert.deepEqual(flatten([[[[[1]]]]]), [1]); |
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