what is a map in 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: how the map function works javascript

const array = [2, 5, 9];
let squares = array.map((num) => num * num);

console.log(array); // [2, 5, 9]
console.log(squares); // [4, 25, 81]

Example 4: how to use the map method in javascript

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

const bigNumbers = numbers.map(number => {
  return number * 10;
});

Example 5: map in javascript

let myMap = new Map()

let keyString = 'a string'
let keyObj    = {}
// setting the values
myMap.set(keyString, "value associated with 'a string'")
myMap.set(keyObj, 'value associated with keyObj')
myMap.set(keyFunc, 'value associated with keyFunc')
myMap.size              // 3
// getting the values
myMap.get(keyString)    // "value associated with 'a string'"
myMap.get(keyObj)       // "value associated with keyObj"
myMap.get(keyFunc)      // "value associated with keyFunc"

Example 6: javascript map

array.map( item => item.id )

array2.map( item => item.toString() )

array2.map( item => item * 3 )

// this will apply a transformation to all elements of an array
// "" item => something "" is the transformation (function)