I'm learning about the map() method right now and I understand very basic examples.
var numbers = [2, 4, 6]; var double = numbers.map(function(value) { return value * 2; }); My question is, in what cases do developers use the map() method to help solve problems? Are there some good resources with real world examples?
Thanks for the help!
As @Tushar referred:
The map() method creates a new array with the results of calling a provided function on every element in this array.
So it is basically used when you need to apply certain functionality to every single element of an array and get the result back as an array with the new results.
For example doubling the numbers:
var numbers = [1, 4, 9]; var doubles = numbers.map(function(num) { return num * 2; }); // doubles is now [2, 8, 18]. numbers is still [1, 4, 9] It basically helps to shorten your code eliminating the need of using for loop. But do remember it is used when every element of the array is manipulated because map() generates similar length of array provided.
For eg.- in the example you provided doubles will have [2, 8, 18].
where 2 correspond to 1. 4 correspond to 8. 9 correspond to 18.
I recommend you to watch the whole video but your answer is at the 14th minute:
Asynchronous JavaScript at Netflix by Matthew Podwysowski at JSConf Budapest 2015
map()to create<option>elements from an array of strings.