function map javascript code example

Example 1: javascript map array

const myArray = ['Sam', 'Alice', 'Nick', 'Matt'];

// Appends text to each element of the array
const newArray = myArray.map(name => {
	return 'My name is ' + name; 
});
console.log(newArray); // ['My name is Sam', 'My Name is Alice', ...]

// Appends the index of each element with it's value
const anotherArray = myArray.map((value, index) => index + ": " + value);
console.log(anotherArray); // ['0: Sam', '1: Alice', '2: Nick', ...]

// Starting array is unchanged
console.log(myArray); // ['Sam', 'Alice', 'Nick', 'Matt']

Example 2: javascript map

array.map((item) => {
  return item * 2
} // an example that will map through a a list of items and return a new array with the item multiplied by 2

Example 3: javascript map

function listFruits() {
  let fruits = ["apple", "cherry", "pear"]
  
  fruits.map((fruit, index) => {
    console.log(index, fruit)
  })
}

listFruits()

// https://jsfiddle.net/tmoreland/16qfpkgb/3/

Example 4: map javascript

function each(collection, action) {
  if (Array.isArray(collection)) {
    for (var i = 0; i < collection.length; i++) {
      action(collection[i], i, collection);
    }
  } else {
    for (var key in collection) {
      action(collection[key], key, collection);
    }
  }
}

Example 5: js map function

const exampleArray = ['aa','bbc','ccdd'];
console.log(exampleArray.map(a => a.length));
//Would print out [2,3,4]