Chunky Monkey (kinda stuck)

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:
Hey,

I really don’t understand why my code isn’t wielding the wanted result… could someone give me some insight? Thanks

Your code so far


var newArr = [];
function chunkArrayInGroups(arr, size) {
  // Break it up.
  let tmpArr = arr.splice(size, );  
  newArr.push(arr); 
  if (tmpArr.length > size) chunkArrayInGroups(tmpArr, size); 
  else newArr.push(tmpArr);  
  return newArr;  
}

chunkArrayInGroups([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], 2);

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-algorithm-scripting/chunky-monkey

3

That line leaves the first segment in arr, and assigns the rest to tmpArr. Im really baffled as to why this doesnt work. Ive checked with console.log to see if im returning what i should and nothing seems wrong… ive checked and im definitely returning a multi dimensional array

5

https://gyazo.com/ea8c8ce51591a7e191d1d8ad8e69b7e1

6

https://gyazo.com/42d8f9495dd227144da627851ce69b5e

8

Thats ok!

I just want to be sure about a few things: am I allowed to declare that variable I have outside of the function in this particular exercise? I need it since I do use recursion. And also since splice() returns and leaves separate arrays, when I push any of these into my global array it should create a multi dimensional array right?

Thanks in advance

10

You are absolutely right… I probably have a bunch of empty arrays at the end of the final return array. Missing a return before the recursion call and some more tweaks. Thanks for the insight