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June 19, 2016 10:58
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Write some code, that will 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]
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function flatten(array) { | |
var idx, | |
temp = [array], | |
lastIdx = [-1], | |
result = []; | |
while(temp.length) { | |
array = temp.pop(); | |
idx = lastIdx.pop() + 1; | |
for(; idx < array.length; ++idx) { | |
if (Array.isArray(array[idx])) { | |
temp.push(array); | |
lastIdx.push(idx); | |
array = array[idx]; | |
idx = -1; | |
} else { | |
result.push(array[idx]); | |
} | |
} | |
} | |
return result; | |
} |
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