I will describe the situation for more clarity. I have an array like this
animalsArray = {
animalID : number,
animalName: string,
animalDescription: string,
animalChild: animalsArray[]
}
Now I have to filter these animals using animalName from user input by textfield. Some animals can have n number of animalChild or non at all or animalChild can have another animalChild inside it.
I already have a code like this
public animalsArray:animalsArray[]
this.filteredanimalsArray.next(
this.animalsArray.filter(item => (item.animalName.toLowerCase().indexOf(search) > -1))
);
To filter the main animalsArray and it works fine but the user input doesn't go through the child arrays.
How can I solve this problem? Thanks in advance
Maybe you could use recursivity like this :
function filterAnimals(animals, name) {
return animals.filter(animal => {
const matching = animal.animalName.toLowerCase() === name.toLowerCase();
const hasChildMatch = Array.isArray(animal.animalChild) && filterAnimals(animal.animalChild, name).length > 0;
return matching || hasChildMatch;
});
}
const search = 'leon';
const filterdAnimals = filterAnimals(animalsArray, search);