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Yarden Frenkel
Yarden Frenkel

Reputation: 11

how to re arrange an array in javascript

I want the array to switch places between the last one and the first. that the output will be 8-1 but when I try to do that the first index is undefined and the second is still 1

var arr1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8];

for (var i = 0; i <= arr1.length / 2; i++) {
  var tmp = arr1[i];
  arr1[i] = arr1[arr1.length - i];
  arr1[arr1.length - i] = tmp;
};

console.log(arr1);

does anyone can help me to understand why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 46

Answers (1)

TKoL
TKoL

Reputation: 13892

for (var i =0; i<= arr1.length/2;i++){
  var tmp = arr1[i];
  arr1[i] = arr1 [arr1.length-i-1] ;
  arr1 [arr1.length-i-1] = tmp ;
};

We subtract 1 because when i is 0, arr1.length-i is the array length, which is off the end of the array already.

I don't think i<=arr1.length/2 is necessarily right either, 4 and 5 don't get swapped (or maybe they get swapped twice). I tried this and it worked: i<= arr1.length/2-1. Also this worked: i < arr1.length/2. Tested both of those with even and odd array length as well, seems fine. Second one probably makes more sense lol.

Upvotes: 3

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