Index Inside Map() Function

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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4 Answers

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:

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.

3) array
The array map was called upon.

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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);
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