flatten an array with nested objects javascript code example

Example 1: flatten nested array javascript

// using recursion, .reduce() and .concat() methods
// works with arrays of any depth

function flatten(arr)
{
	return arr.reduce((acc, cur) => acc.concat(Array.isArray(cur) ? flatten(cur) : cur), []);
};

const arr = [[1,2],[3,[4,[5]]]];

const flattened = flatten(arr);
console.log(flattened);

/*
	Output: [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
*/

Example 2: flatten nested object js

Object.assign(
  {}, 
  ...function _flatten(o) { 
    return [].concat(...Object.keys(o)
      .map(k => 
        typeof o[k] === 'object' ?
          _flatten(o[k]) : 
          ({[k]: o[k]})
      )
    );
  }(yourObject)
)