Array Walker

Traverses a multi-dimensional array and fires off a callback with a value and its relationship.

Example

let walker = require('array-walker');
 
// A single-dimensional array
walker(['a', 'b'], (value, key) => console.log(value, key));
// a, 0
// b, 1
 
// A two-dimensional array
walker([['a', 'b'], ['c', 'd']], (value, x, y) => console.log(value, x, y));
// a, 0, 0
// b, 0, 1
// c, 1, 0
// d, 1, 1
 
// A 12-dimensional array
walker(
  [[[[[[[[[[[['a', 'b']]]]]], 'c']]]]]],
  (value, ...lineage) => console.log(value, ...lineage)
);
// a, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0
// b, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
// c, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1
 
 
// With context
walker(['a', 'b'], callbackWithContext, {example: "The Answer"});
// The Answer, a, 0
// The Answer, b, 1
 
function callbackWithContext(value, key) {
  console.log(this.example, value, key);
}

Installation

$ npm install array-walker

API

var walker = require('array-walker');

walker(items, observationCallback, context, ...lineage)

Type	Data Type	Name	Description
parameter	*[]	items	The array to walk.
parameter	function	observationCallback	The function to call when a non-array value is found.
parameter	*	The context passed to the callback
parameter	...number	[lineage]	The parent indexes.
returns	undefined	n/a	n/a

observationCallback(value, ...lineage)

The observation callback is fired when a non-array value is found.

Type	Data Type	Name	Description
this	*	this	The context passed to the walker
parameter	!*[]	value	The value that was discovered.
parameter	...number	lineage	The indexes in each dimension of the array.
returns	undefined	n/a	n/a

Links

• Github: array-walker