Suppose, we have a reference array of phrases like this −
const reference = ["your", "majesty", "they", "are", "ready"];
And we are required to join some of the elements of above array based on another array so if another array is this −
const another = ["your", "they are"];
The result would be like −
result = ["your", "majesty", "they are", "ready"];
Here, we compared the elements in both the arrays, we joined the elements of the first array if they existed together in the second array.
We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in two such arrays and returns a new joined array.
Example
const reference = ["your", "majesty", "they", "are", "ready"];
const another = ["your", "they are"];
const joinByReference = (reference = [], another = []) => {
const res = [];
const filtered = another.filter(a => a.split(" ").length > 1);
while(filtered.length) {
let anoWords = filtered.shift();
let len = anoWords.split(" ").length;
while(reference.length>len) {
let refWords = reference.slice(0,len).join(" ");
if (refWords == anoWords) {
res.push(refWords);
reference = reference.slice(len,reference.length);
break;
};
res.push(reference.shift());
};
};
return [...res, ...reference];
};
console.log(joinByReference(reference, another));Output
This will produce the following output −
[ 'your', 'majesty', 'they are', 'ready' ]