javascript create map from array 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

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

listFruits()

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

Example 3: javascript map array

const array1 = [1, 4, 9, 16];

// pass a function to map
const map1 = array1.map(x => x * 2);

console.log(map1);
// expected output: Array [2, 8, 18, 32]

Example 4: map in javascript

['elem', 'another', 'name'].map((value, index, originalArray) => { 
  console.log(.....)
});

Example 5: how to create an element in js using the map method

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

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