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I am missing a option how to get the index number inside the map function using List from Immutable.js:

var list2 = list1.map(mapper => { a: mapper.a, b: mapper.index??? }).toList();

Documentation shows that map() returns Iterable<number, M>. Is there any elegant way to what I need?

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    Keep in mind that map is supposed to preserve the structure of the array that is, only its values should be transformed not the array itself. Commented Jul 14, 2016 at 6:12
  • Array.prototype.map() create a new array using the callback function as transformation Commented Oct 15, 2021 at 20:18

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You will be able to get the current iteration's index for the map method through its 2nd parameter.

Example:

const list = ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'];
list.map((currElement, index) => {
  console.log("The current iteration is: " + index);
  console.log("The current element is: " + currElement);
  console.log("\n");
  return currElement; //equivalent to list[index]
});

Output:

The current iteration is: 0 <br>The current element is: h
 
The current iteration is: 1 <br>The current element is: e
 
The current iteration is: 2 <br>The current element is: l
 
The current iteration is: 3 <br>The current element is: l 

The current iteration is: 4 <br>The current element is: o

See also: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map

Parameters

callback - Function that produces an element of the new Array, taking three arguments:

  1. currentValue
    The current element being processed in the array.

2) index
The index of the current element being processed in the array.

  1. array
    The array map was called upon.
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Should the map's callback function always have a return statement? What does 'X' mean in your code?
@HarshKanchina The map operation is use for constructing a new array by iterating through the elements of a given array. To answer your question, yes a return statement is required, and for this case it is returning the value 'X' on each iteration. Thus the final product of the code will be [ 'X', 'X','X','X' ]
@But 'X' isn't defined anywhere. So what is it referring to? How does the function know what X refers to here?
@HarshKanchina 'X' is a string.
I want this index to start with 1, how could i achieve this?
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Array.prototype.map() index:

One can access the index Array.prototype.map() via the second argument of the callback function. Here is an example:

const array = [1, 2, 3, 4];

const map = array.map((x, index) => {
  console.log(index);
  return x + index;
});

console.log(map);

Other arguments of Array.prototype.map():

  • The third argument of the callback function exposes the array on which map was called upon
  • The second argument of Array.map() is a object which will be the this value for the callback function. Keep in mind that you have to use the regular function keyword in order to declare the callback since an arrow function doesn't have its own binding to the this keyword.

For example:

const array = [1, 2, 3, 4];

const thisObj = { prop1: 1 }

const map = array.map((x, index, array) => {
  console.log(array);
  console.log(this)
}, thisObj);

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  • suppose you have an array like

   const arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
    
    
    arr.map((myArr, index) => {
      console.log(`your index is -> ${index} AND value is ${myArr}`);
    })

> output will be
 index is -> 0 AND value is 1
 index is -> 1 AND value is 2
 index is -> 2 AND value is 3
 index is -> 3 AND value is 4
 index is -> 4 AND value is 5
 index is -> 5 AND value is 6
 index is -> 6 AND value is 7
 index is -> 7 AND value is 8
 index is -> 8 AND value is 9

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Using Ramda:

import {addIndex, map} from 'ramda';

const list = [ 'h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o'];
const mapIndexed = addIndex(map);
mapIndexed((currElement, index) => {
  console.log("The current iteration is: " + index);
  console.log("The current element is: " + currElement);
  console.log("\n");
  return 'X';
}, list);

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