I have two arrays.
let a = [1, 3, 5, 7]
let b = [2, 4, 6, 8]
I want the result:
a = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
How can I insert each of array B's elements every other element in array A?
I have tried using splice in a for loop, but the length of array A changes so I cannot get it to work.
You can create a new array, loop through a and push the current item and the item in b at the same index:
let a = [1, 3, 5, 7];
let b = [2, 4, 6, 8];
let res = []
a.forEach((e,i) => res.push(e, b[i]))
console.log(res)Alternatively, you can use Array.map and Array.flat:
let a = [1, 3, 5, 7];
let b = [2, 4, 6, 8];
let res = a.map((e,i) => [e, b[i]]).flat()
console.log(res)If the arrays have the same length, then you can use flat map to avoid mutating the original array.
const a = [1, 3, 5, 7];
const b = [2, 4, 6, 8];
const res = b.flatMap((elem, index) => [a[index], elem]);
console.log(res);You can try:
let a = [1, 3, 5, 7];
let b = [2, 4, 6, 8]
let newArray = [...a, ...b]
console.log(newArray) // [1, 3, 5, 7, 2, 4, 6, 8]
If you want to sort just
let a = [1, 3, 5, 7];
let b = [2, 4, 6, 8]
let newArray = [...a, ...b].sort((a, b) => a - b)
console.log(newArray) // [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]