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Algorithm to sort an array in JS

I have an array
var arr= [
["PROPRI","PORVEC"],
["AJATRN","PROPRI"],
["BASMON","CALVI"],
["GHICIA","FOLELI"],
["FOLELI","BASMON"],
["PORVEC","GHICIA"]
] ;
And I'm trying to sort the array by making the second element equal to the first element of the next, like below:
arr = [
["AJATRN","PROPRI"],
["PROPRI","PORVEC"],
["PORVEC","GHICIA"],
["GHICIA","FOLELI"],
["FOLELI","BASMON"],
["BASMON","CALVI"]
]
The context is : these are somes sites with coordinates, I want to identify the order passed,
For exemple, I have [A,B] [C,D] [B,C] then I know the path is A B C D
I finally have one solution
var rs =[];
rs[0]=arr[0];
var hasAdded=false;
for (var i = 1; i < arr.length; i++) {
hasAdded=false;
console.log("i",i);
for (var j = 0, len=rs.length; j < len; j++) {
console.log("j",j);
console.log("len",len);
if(arr[i][1]===rs[j][0]){
rs.splice(j,0,arr[i]);
hasAdded=true;
console.log("hasAdded",hasAdded);
}
if(arr[i][0]===rs[j][1]){
rs.splice(j+1,0,arr[i]);
hasAdded=true;
console.log("hasAdded",hasAdded);
}
}
if(hasAdded===false) {
arr.push(arr[i]);
console.log("ARR length",arr.length);
}
}
But it's not perfect, when it's a circle like [A,B] [B,C] [C,D] [D,A]
I can't get the except answer

So I really hope this is what you like to achieve so have a look at this simple js code:
var vector = [
["PROPRI,PORVEC"],
["AJATRN,PROPRI"],
["BASMON,CALVI"],
["GHICIA,FOLELI"],
["FOLELI,BASMON"],
["PORVEC,GHICIA"]
]
function sort(vector) {
var result = []
for (var i = 1; i < vector.length; i++) result.push(vector[i])
result.push(vector[0])
return (result)
}
var res = sort(vector)
console.log(res)
Note: Of course this result could be easily achieved using map but because of your question I'm quite sure this will just confuse you. So have a look at the code done with a for loop :)

You can create an object lookup based on the first value of your array. Using this lookup, you can get the first key and then start adding value to your result. Once you add a value in the array, remove the value corresponding to that key, if the key has no element in its array delete its key. Continue this process as long as you have keys in your object lookup.
var vector = [["PROPRI", "PORVEC"],["AJATRN", "PROPRI"],["BASMON", "CALVI"],["GHICIA", "FOLELI"],["FOLELI", "BASMON"],["PORVEC", "GHICIA"]],
lookup = vector.reduce((r,a) => {
r[a[0]] = r[a[0]] || [];
r[a[0]].push(a);
return r;
}, {});
var current = Object.keys(lookup).sort()[0];
var sorted = [];
while(Object.keys(lookup).length > 0) {
if(lookup[current] && lookup[current].length) {
var first = lookup[current].shift();
sorted.push(first);
current = first[1];
} else {
delete lookup[current];
current = Object.keys(lookup).sort()[0];
}
}
console.log(sorted);

Finding if an array is in a 2D array

I want to know whether if an array is inside of a 2D array.
This is what I tried:
var x=[1,2];
var y=[[1,1],[1,2],[2,2],[3,3]];
y.includes(x); //should return true

you can create a hash:
var ar = [
[1,1],[1,2],[2,2],[3,3]
];
var hash = {};
for(var i = 0 ; i < ar.length; i += 1) {
hash[ar[i]] = i;
}
var val = [1,2];
if(hash.hasOwnProperty(val)) {
document.write(hash[val]);
}

You can do this with chained array methods!
var ar = [
[1,1],[1,2],[2,2],[3,3]
];
hasDuplicates(ar, [1,"1"]); //false
hasDuplicates(ar, [1,1]); //true
//Use some to determine at least 1 inner array matches
function hasDuplicates(array, valueToCheck) {
return array.some(function(a, i) {
//Check each inner arrays index, and verify that it equals on the same index of the array we want to check
return a.every(function(ax, ix) {
return valueToCheck[ix] === ax; //triple equals for equality!
})
});
}
Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/a3rq70hL/1/

Sort array by order according to another array

I have an object that is being returned from a database like this: [{id:1},{id:2},{id:3}]. I have another array which specified the order the first array should be sorted in, like this: [2,3,1].
I'm looking for a method or algorithm that can take in these two arrays and return [{id:2},{id:3},{id:1}]. Ideally it should be sort of efficient and not n squared.

If you want linear time, first build a hashtable from the first array and then pick items in order by looping the second one:
data = [{id:5},{id:2},{id:9}]
order = [9,5,2]
hash = {}
data.forEach(function(x) { hash[x.id] = x })
sorted = order.map(function(x) { return hash[x] })
document.write(JSON.stringify(sorted))

function sortArrayByOrderArray(arr, orderArray) {
return arr.sort(function(e1, e2) {
return orderArray.indexOf(e1.id) - orderArray.indexOf(e2.id);
});
}
console.log(sortArrayByOrderArray([{id:1},{id:2},{id:3}], [2,3,1]));

In your example, the objects are initially sorted by id, which makes the task pretty easy. But if this is not true in general, you can still sort the objects in linear time according to your array of id values.
The idea is to first make an index that maps each id value to its position, and then to insert each object in the desired position by looking up its id value in the index. This requires iterating over two arrays of length n, resulting in an overall runtime of O(n), or linear time. There is no asymptotically faster runtime because it takes linear time just to read the input array.
function objectsSortedBy(objects, keyName, sortedKeys) {
var n = objects.length,
index = new Array(n);
for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) { // Get the position of each sorted key.
index[sortedKeys[i]] = i;
}
var sorted = new Array(n);
for (var i = 0; i < n; ++i) { // Look up each object key in the index.
sorted[index[objects[i][keyName]]] = objects[i];
}
return sorted;
}
var objects = [{id: 'Tweety', animal: 'bird'},
{id: 'Mickey', animal: 'mouse'},
{id: 'Sylvester', animal: 'cat'}],
sortedIds = ['Tweety', 'Mickey', 'Sylvester'];
var sortedObjects = objectsSortedBy(objects, 'id', sortedIds);
// Check the result.
for (var i = 0; i < sortedObjects.length; ++i) {
document.write('id: '+sortedObjects[i].id+', animal: '+sortedObjects[i].animal+'<br />');
}

To my understanding, sorting is not necessary; at least in your example, the desired resulting array can be generated in linear time as follows.
var Result;
for ( var i = 0; i < Input.length; i++ )
{
Result[i] = Input[Order[i]-1];
}
Here Result is the desired output, Input is your first array and Order the array containing the desired positions.

var objArray = [{id:1},{id:2},{id:3}];
var sortOrder = [2,3,1];
var newObjArray = [];
for (i in sortOrder) {
newObjArray.push(objArray[(sortOrder[i]) - 1])
};

Why not just create new array and push the value from second array in?? Correct me if i wrong
array1 = [];
array2 = [2,3,1];
for ( var i = 0; i < array2 .length; i++ )
{
array1.push({
id : array2[i]
})
}

Removing duplicate element in an array [duplicate]

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Javascript array sort and unique
I have the following array
var output = new array(7);
output[0]="Rose";
output[1]="India";
output[2]="Technologies";
output[3]="Rose";
output[4]="Ltd";
output[5]="India";
output[6]="Rose";
how can i remove the duplicate elements in above array.Is there any methods to do it?

You can write a function like this
function eliminateDuplicates(arr) {
var i,
len=arr.length,
out=[],
obj={};
for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
obj[arr[i]]=0;
}
for (i in obj) {
out.push(i);
}
return out;
}`
Check this here

Maybe more complex than you need but:
function array_unique (inputArr) {
// Removes duplicate values from array
var key = '',
tmp_arr2 = {},
val = '';
var __array_search = function (needle, haystack) {
var fkey = '';
for (fkey in haystack) {
if (haystack.hasOwnProperty(fkey)) {
if ((haystack[fkey] + '') === (needle + '')) {
return fkey;
}
}
}
return false;
};
for (key in inputArr) {
if (inputArr.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
val = inputArr[key];
if (false === __array_search(val, tmp_arr2)) {
tmp_arr2[key] = val;
}
}
}
return tmp_arr2;
}
Code taken from: http://phpjs.org/functions/array_unique:346

You can remove dups from an array by using a temporary hash table (using a javascript object) to keep track of which images you've already seen in the array. This works for array values that can be uniquely represented as a string (strings or numbers mostly), but not for objects.
function removeDups(array) {
var index = {};
// traverse array from end to start
// so removing the current item from the array
// doesn't mess up the traversal
for (var i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
if (array[i] in index) {
// remove this item
array.splice(i, 1);
} else {
// add this value to index
index[array[i]] = true;
}
}
}
Here's a working example: http://jsfiddle.net/jfriend00/sVT7g/
For sizable arrays, using an object as a temporary index will be many times faster than a linear search of the array.

First of all, you'll want to use the array literal (var output = []) to declare your array. Second, you'll want to loop through your array and store all the values in a second array. If any value in the first array matches a value in the second array, delete it and continue looping.
Your code would look like this:
var output = [
"Rose",
"India",
"Technologies",
"Rose",
"Ltd",
"India",
"Rose"
]
var doubledOutput = [];
for(var i = 0; i < output.length; i++) {
var valueIsInArray = false;
for(var j = 0; j < doubledOutput.length; j++) {
if(doubledOutput[j] == output[i]) {
valueIsInArray = true;
}
}
if(valueIsInArray) {
output.splice(i--, 1);
} else {
doubledOutput.push(output[i]);
}
}
Please note, the above code is untested and may contain errors.

JQuery retriving the next greatest element

in JQuery i m having an array like
(1,2,6,8)
I have already selected the first element that is 1 which i have saved in a JQuery variable
submitterid = 1
On clicking a link I am trying to get the next greatest element in the Array than what I have selected in the submitterid..
How can I achieve this?
Edit:
How to find the last element in this array in the code
var previousId;
$("#previous").click(function (){
index = submitters.indexOf(submitterid),
nextId;
if (index - 1 < submitters.length) {
previousId = submitters[index-1];
} else {
// no ID index
// if i am having an array of 1,2,6,8 after moving to 1 from 8 to 6 - 2-1 i am trying to move to the last element of the array
}
alert(previousId);
});// previousId

Why couldn't you do something like:
var arr = [3, 5, 8, 3].sort(function (a, b) { return a - b; } );
var val = arr.pop();
Any keep popping the array -- saying that the values don't need to stay in the array.
If you are randomly picking values and you need the next highest, then write the appropriate sorting function.

You want a counter:
function counter(arr) {
this.arr = arr;
this.index = 0;
}
counter.prototype.next = function() {
return this.arr[this.index++];
}
You instantiate it and use it like:
var nums = new counter([1,2,3,4,5]);
nums.next() ; => 1
nums.next() ; => 2
nums.next() ; => 3

Actually, there is no need to use any jquery-specific stuff for this, apart from the click event handling, just 'plain javascript' will do;
var myArray = [ 1, 2, 6, 8 ];
var submitterid = 1;
$(function() {
$('a#id').click(function(event) {
event.preventDefault();
var greater = -1;
// loop through array
for (var i in myArray)
// find numbers greater than the specified number
if (i > submitterid)
// find numbers closest to specified number
if (i < greater || greater < 0)
greater = i;
if (greater < 0) {
// no greater value found, do something
} else {
// next biggest value is in variable greater, do something with it
}
});
});

You have to loop through the array.
Try this untested code:
// Your test array.
var arrValues = [ "1", "2", "6", "8" ];
var low = 1;
var high = 2;
// Loop over each value in the array.
$.each( arrValues, function( intIndex, objValue ){
if (objValue > high)
hight = objValue;
if (objValue < high)
if (objValue > low)
low = objValue
});
return low;

If your array is already sorted (see sort method), try this:
var arr = [1,2,6,8],
submitterid = 1,
index = arr.indexOf(submitterid),
nextId;
if (index + 1 < arr.length) {
nextId = arr[index+1];
} else {
// no ID index
}