I am trying to write an JS algorithm in which I have two arrays
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The value of the first one will have different numerical values. The second array will be constant, say for example [5, 3, 6, 8]
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Now I would like to multiply the values from the first array, by the corresponding index value from the second array, so having for example such a first array: [3, 7, 2, 5]
it would look like this: 5*3, 3*7, 6*2, 8*5.
From the result I would like to create a new array, which in this case is [15, 21, 12, 40]
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How can I achieve this result?
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Answer
You can use map()
and use the optional parameter index
which is the index of the current element being processed in the array:
const arr1 = [3, 4, 5, 6]; const arr2 = [7, 8, 9, 10]; const mulArrays = (arr1, arr2) => { return arr1.map((e, index) => e * arr2[index]); } console.log(mulArrays(arr1, arr2));
This is assuming both arrays are of the same length.