We are required to write a JavaScript function that takes in an array of Numbers with positive as well as negative numbers and returns the maximum products of two numbers in one traversal.
Let's write the code for this function −
Example
const arr = [-1, -3, -4, 2, 0, -5]; const arr2 = [2, 3, 5, 7, -7, 5, 8, -5]; const produce = arr => arr.reduce((acc, val) => acc*val); const maximumProduct = (arr = []) => { const [first] = arr; if(!first){ return 0; }; const creds = arr.reduce((acc, val) => { const { min, max } = acc; if(val > max[0]){ max[1] = max[0]; max[0] = val; return acc; }; if(val < min[0]){ min[1] = min[0]; min[0] = val; return acc; }; if(val > max[1]){ max[1] = val; return acc; }; if(val < min[1]){ min[1] = val; return acc; }; return acc; }, { min: [first, first], max: [first, first] }); const { max, min } = creds; return produce(max) > produce(min) ? produce(max) : produce(min); }; console.log(maximumProduct(arr)); console.log(maximumProduct(arr2));
Output
The output in the console will be −
20 56