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Divyajyoti Ukirde
Divyajyoti Ukirde

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Easy peasy formatting list of names

#todayilearned #javascript #beginners

Given an array containing hashes of names.
You have to return a string formatted as a list of names separated by commas except for the last two names, which should be separated by &.

formatList([ {name: 'Dave'}, {name: 'Alex'}, {name: 'Marge'} ]) // returns 'Dave, Alex & Marge'
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Here's a single line solution, regex peeps

let formatList = (names) => names.map(x => x.name).join(', ').replace(/(.*),(.*)$/, "$1 &$2");
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But this is the most clever solution, I could never think of:

let formatList = (names) => { let a = names.map(obj => obj.name); let name = a.pop(); return a.length ? a.join(", ") + " & " + name : name || ""; }
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I could think of using reduce, forEach and other looping methods using if else. reduce does a pretty great job itself.

let formatList = (names) => { return names.reduce((prev, curr, i, arr) => { return prev + curr.name + (i < arr.length - 2 ? ', ' : i == arr.length - 2 ? ' & ' : ''); }, ''); }
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