time-to-botec/js/node_modules/@stdlib/utils/flatten-array/README.md

Flatten Array

Flatten an array.

Usage

var flattenArray = require( '@stdlib/utils/flatten-array' );

flattenArray( arr[, options] )

Flattens an array.

var arr = [ 1, [2, [3, [4, [ 5 ], 6], 7], 8], 9 ];

var out = flattenArray( arr );
// returns [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ]

The function accepts the following options:

• depth: maximum depth to flatten.
• copy: boolean indicating whether to deep copy array elements. Default: false.

To flatten to a specified depth, set the depth option.

var arr = [ 1, [2, [3, [4, [ 5 ], 6], 7], 8], 9 ];

var out = flattenArray( arr, {
    'depth': 2
});
// returns [ 1, 2, 3, [4, [5], 6], 7, 8, 9 ]

var bool = ( arr[1][1][1] === out[3] );
// returns true

To deep copy array elements, set the copy option to true.

var arr = [ 1, [2, [3, [4, [ 5 ], 6], 7], 8], 9 ];

var out = flattenArray( arr, {
    'depth': 2,
    'copy': true
});
// returns [ 1, 2, 3, [4, [5], 6], 7, 8, 9 ]

var bool = ( arr[1][1][1] === out[3] );
// returns false

flattenArray.factory( dims[, options] )

Returns a function optimized for flattening arrays having specified dimensions.

var flatten = flattenArray.factory( [ 3, 3 ] );

var arr = [
    [ 1, 2, 3 ],
    [ 4, 5, 6 ],
    [ 7, 8, 9 ]
];

var out = flatten( arr );
// returns [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ]

arr = [
    [ 11, 12, 13 ],
    [ 14, 15, 16 ],
    [ 17, 18, 19 ]
];

out = flatten( arr );
// returns [ 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 ]

The function accepts the following options:

• copy: boolean indicating whether to deep copy array elements. Default: false.

To deep copy array elements, set the copy option to true.

var flatten = flattenArray.factory( [ 3, 3 ], {
    'copy': true
});

var arr = [
    [ 1, 2, 3 ],
    [ 4, { 'x': 5 }, 6 ],
    [ 7, 8, 9 ]
];

var out = flatten( arr );
// returns [ 1, 2, 3, 4, {'x':5}, 6, 7, 8, 9 ]

var bool = ( arr[1][1] === out[4] );
// returns false

Notes

• A flatten function returned by the factory method does not validate that input arrays actually have the specified dimensions.

Examples

var flattenArray = require( '@stdlib/utils/flatten-array' );

var xStride;
var yStride;
var zStride;
var bool;
var tmp1;
var tmp2;
var arr;
var val;
var out;
var N;
var M;
var L;
var i;
var j;
var k;

N = 1000;
M = 100;
L = 10;

// Create an NxMxL (3D) array...
arr = new Array( N );
for ( i = 0; i < N; i++ ) {
    tmp1 = new Array( M );
    for ( j = 0; j < M; j++ ) {
        tmp2 = new Array( L );
        for ( k = 0; k < L; k++ ) {
            tmp2[ k ] = (M*L*i) + (j*L) + k + 1;
        }
        tmp1[ j ] = tmp2;
    }
    arr[ i ] = tmp1;
}
// Create a flattened (strided) array:
out = flattenArray( arr );

// To access the arr[4][20][2] element...
xStride = M * L;
yStride = L;
zStride = 1;
val = out[ (4*xStride) + (20*yStride) + (2*zStride) ];
// returns 4203

bool = ( arr[4][20][2] === val );
// returns true