Basic JavaScript - Nesting For Loops

Hi everyone !
I managed to produce the right code (thanks internet), but i have a few questions about it.
My actual code is multiplying everything that have been input in my function, but can i choose which part of the input is being processed ?
It might be futile but this is for the general knowledge.

Thanks,

  **Your code so far**
function multiplyAll(arr) {
let product = 1;
// Only change code below this line
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  for (let j = 0; j < arr[i].length; j++) {
    product *= arr[i][j];
  }
}
// Only change code above this line
return product;
}

multiplyAll([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6, 7]]);
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Can you give an example of what you have in mind, just in plain english?

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Hey mate ! You again :slight_smile:

I was wondering :
In the case that we want to return an addition/mutlplication/substraction from an array to display the result.
In this case, the function accept an array.
Let’s say that the function input is the following :

function myfunction([[1, 2], [3, 4], [58, 46,1 7]] [1,2,3]);
Let’s say that i want to multiply [1,2] and [1,2,3]
How can i proceed to choose only the desired arrays ?
I remember that we are able to target specific content from our arrays but can’t figure out the procedure.

Am i clearer ?

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Each subarray, just like any other element of array, has index. So you can use that.

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There are several ways, but I could be misunderstanding. (I am also learning and get confused sometimes.)

Let’s take a simple example, where we select what we want from the array:

//arr is here a 2D array as well, i.e arr = [[1,2],[3,4],...etc]
function firstAndLast(arr){
return [arr[0], arr[arr.length-1]]
}

Then you could pass it to your function. And using either the same or different operators.

Here is a testable code (paste in browser)

function firstAndLast(arr){
const subArr = [arr[0], arr[arr.length-1]]
return subArr
}

function addAll(arr) {
let sum = 0;
// Only change code below this line
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  for (let j = 0; j < arr[i].length; j++) {
    sum += arr[i][j];
  }
}
// Only change code above this line
return sum;
}

const subArr = firstAndLast([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6, 7]])
console.log(addAll(subArr));

It has some bugs, you may fix it ! :slight_smile:
Now, you can think of a function called “select” where the user tells which subarrays it wants, for example function select(arr){} and user can pass select(1,2,3) and that selects those subarrays, and then calls the next function.

(hope this poor explanation makes some sense). Basically make my snippet more general.

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I believe this will throw some errors. Product is not declared in addAll()

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Thanks. I modified it a bit.

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firstAndLast also needs return something. Otherwise will be type error

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Oh, I put the return in the example just above, and not in the copy. Thanks for the fixing!

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Depending on what specific task would be, also can parameterize indices and deal with subarrays with according indices:

function arraysToAdd(arr, idx1, idx2){
  return [arr[idx1], arr[idx2]];
}

function addAll(arr) {
let sum = 0;
// Only change code below this line
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  for (let j = 0; j < arr[i].length; j++) {
    sum += arr[i][j];
  }
}
// Only change code above this line
return sum;
}

const subArr = arraysToAdd([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6, 7]], 0, 1)
console.log(addAll(subArr));
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Wow thanks !
I definitely will study it to get the ramifications of it !
I have so much more to learn, this is thrilling !

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Thanks a lot !
I am already starting to comprehend more and more about javascript :slight_smile:

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