diff --git a/snippets/mapObject.md b/snippets/mapObject.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..102795a73 --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/mapObject.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +### mapObject + +Maps the values of an array to an object using a function, where the key-value pairs consist of the original value as the key and the mapped value. + +Use an anonymous inner function scope to declare an undefined memory space, using closures to store a return value. Use a new `Array` to stor the array with a map of the function over its data set and a comma operator to return a second step, without needing to move from one context to another (due to closures and order of operations). + +```js +const mapObject = (arr, fn) => + (a => (a = [arr, arr.map(fn)], a[0].reduce( (acc,val,ind) => (acc[val] = a[1][ind], acc), {}) )) ( ); +/* +const squareIt = arr => mapObject(arr, a => a*a) +squareIt([1,2,3]) // { 1: 1, 2: 4, 3: 9 } +*/ +```