How to create multidimensional array
Can anyone give me a sample/example of JavaScript with a multidimensional array of inputs? Hope you could help because I'm still new to the JavaScript.
Like when you input 2 rows and 2 columns the output of it will be 2 rows of input and 2 columns of input.
Like this:
[input][input]
[input][input]
Solution 1:
var numeric = [
['input1','input2'],
['input3','input4']
];
numeric[0][0] == 'input1';
numeric[0][1] == 'input2';
numeric[1][0] == 'input3';
numeric[1][1] == 'input4';
var obj = {
'row1' : {
'key1' : 'input1',
'key2' : 'input2'
},
'row2' : {
'key3' : 'input3',
'key4' : 'input4'
}
};
obj.row1.key1 == 'input1';
obj.row1.key2 == 'input2';
obj.row2.key1 == 'input3';
obj.row2.key2 == 'input4';
var mixed = {
'row1' : ['input1', 'inpu2'],
'row2' : ['input3', 'input4']
};
mixed.row1[0] == 'input1';
mixed.row1[1] == 'input2';
mixed.row2[0] == 'input3';
mixed.row2[1] == 'input4';
http://jsfiddle.net/z4Un3/
And if you're wanting to store DOM elements:
var inputs = [
[
document.createElement('input'),
document.createElement('input')
],
[
document.createElement('input'),
document.createElement('input')
]
];
inputs[0][0].id = 'input1';
inputs[0][1].id = 'input2';
inputs[1][0].id = 'input3';
inputs[1][1].id = 'input4';
Not real sure how useful the above is until you attach the elements. The below may be more what you're looking for:
<input text="text" id="input5"/>
<input text="text" id="input6"/>
<input text="text" id="input7"/>
<input text="text" id="input8"/>
var els = [
[
document.getElementById('input5'),
document.getElementById('input6')
],
[
document.getElementById('input7'),
document.getElementById('input8')
]
];
els[0][0].id = 'input5';
els[0][1].id = 'input6';
els[1][0].id = 'input7';
els[1][1].id = 'input8';
http://jsfiddle.net/z4Un3/3/
Or, maybe this:
<input text="text" value="4" id="input5"/>
<input text="text" value="4" id="input6"/>
<br/>
<input text="text" value="2" id="input7"/>
<input text="text" value="4" id="input8"/>
var els = [
[
document.getElementById('input5'),
document.getElementById('input6')
],
[
document.getElementById('input7'),
document.getElementById('input8')
]
];
var result = [];
for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
result[result.length] = els[0][i].value - els[1][i].value;
}
Which gives:
[2, 0]
In the console. If you want to output that to text, you can result.join(' ');
, which would give you 2 0
.
http://jsfiddle.net/z4Un3/6/
EDIT
And a working demonstration:
<input text="text" value="4" id="input5"/>
<input text="text" value="4" id="input6"/>
<br/>
<input text="text" value="2" id="input7"/>
<input text="text" value="4" id="input8"/>
<br/>
<input type="button" value="Add" onclick="add()"/>
// This would just go in a script block in the head
function add() {
var els = [
[
document.getElementById('input5'),
document.getElementById('input6')
],
[
document.getElementById('input7'),
document.getElementById('input8')
]
];
var result = [];
for (var i = 0; i < els.length; i++) {
result[result.length] = parseInt(els[0][i].value) - parseInt(els[1][i].value);
}
alert(result.join(' '));
}
http://jsfiddle.net/z4Un3/8/
Solution 2:
Quote taken from Data Structures and Algorithms with JavaScript
The Good Parts (O’Reilly, p. 64). Crockford extends the JavaScript array object with a function that sets the number of rows and columns and sets each value to a value passed to the function. Here is his definition:
Array.matrix = function(numrows, numcols, initial) {
var arr = [];
for (var i = 0; i < numrows; ++i) {
var columns = [];
for (var j = 0; j < numcols; ++j) {
columns[j] = initial;
}
arr[i] = columns;
}
return arr;
}
Here is some code to test the definition:
var nums = Array.matrix(5,5,0);
print(nums[1][1]); // displays 0
var names = Array.matrix(3,3,"");
names[1][2] = "Joe";
print(names[1][2]); // display "Joe"
We can also create a two-dimensional array and initialize it to a set of values in one line:
var grades = [[89, 77, 78],[76, 82, 81],[91, 94, 89]];
print(grades[2][2]); // displays 89
Solution 3:
Declared without value assignment.
2 dimensions...
var arrayName = new Array(new Array());
3 dimensions...
var arrayName = new Array(new Array(new Array()));