JavaScript: Build an array, using an iterator function and an initial seed value

JavaScript fundamental (ES6 Syntax): Exercise-111 with Solution

Build Array with Iterator and Seed

Write a JavaScript program to build  an array, using an iterator function and an initial seed value.

• Use a while loop and Array.prototype.push() to call the function repeatedly until it returns false.
• The iterator function accepts one argument (seed) and must always return an array with two elements ([value, nextSeed]) or false to terminate.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

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// Define the 'unfold' function.
const unfold = (fn, seed) => {
  // Initialize an empty array to store the result.
  let result = [];
  // Initialize the value 'val' with an array containing 'null' and the 'seed'.
  let val = [null, seed];
  // Use a 'while' loop to iterate until the condition provided by the 'fn' function is false.
  while ((val = fn(val[1]))) {
    // Push the first element of the 'val' array (generated by the 'fn' function) to the 'result' array.
    result.push(val[0]);
  }
  // Return the 'result' array.
  return result;
};

// Define the function 'f' which takes a number 'n' and returns an array containing two elements:
// The negative of 'n' and 'n + 10'.
const f = n => (n > 50 ? false : [-n, n + 10]);

// Test the 'unfold' function with the 'f' function and an initial seed of 10.
console.log(unfold(f, 10)); // Output: [-10, -20, -30, -40, -50]

Output:

[-10,-20,-30,-40,-50]

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-basic-exercise-111-1 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a JavaScript program that builds an array by repeatedly applying an iterator function starting from a seed value.
• Write a JavaScript function that uses a for loop to generate an array of values based on an initial seed and an updating function.
• Write a JavaScript program that constructs an array of a specified length by iteratively computing each element from the previous one.

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