Returning Largest Number in Arrays - Code Improvements

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Hi All, I just want some suggestion on how to improve my code. This is for Returning Largest Number in Arrays challenge. Please see below code.

function largestOfFour(arr) {
// You can do this!
var newArray = [];
for (var a = 0; a < arr.length; a++){
arr[a].sort(function(a, b){
return b - a;
});
newArray[a] = arr[a][0];
}

return newArray;
}

largestOfFour([[4, 5, 1, 3], [13, 27, 18, 26], [32, 35, 37, 39], [1000, 1001, 857, 1]]);

Thank you!

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Hey there! I think the code looks just fine. :slight_smile:

The only comment I have is how you populate newArrary—I’m not entirely sure if it’s common practice to specify the index of a position that does not exist to be populated. I’m sure someone with more experience can comment on that!

For future reference, you could also use push():

newArray.push(arr[a][0]);

Depending on how you sort your list, you could also use pop() or shift()—although do keep in mind that they do change the original array.

3

Hey ewojjowe,

Here is my solution:

function largestOfFour(arr) {
  var myArr = [];
	for (let i of arr) {
		myArr.push(Math.max.apply(null, i));
	}
  return myArr;
}

Reference to the Math object

PS - not in any way saying my code is better, just another prospective :slight_smile:

Samael.

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Thank you for that. Very helpful! :slight_smile: