How to sum all elements in a nested array? JavaScript

Let’s say, we are supposed to write a function that takes in a nested array of Numbers and returns the sum of all the numbers. We are required to do this without using the Array.prototype.flat() method.

Let’s write the code for this function −

Example

const arr = [    5,    7,    [ 4, [2], 8, [1,3], 2 ],    [ 9, [] ],    1,    8 ]; const findNestedSum = (arr) => {    let sum = 0;    for(let len = 0; len < arr.length; len++){       sum += Array.isArray(arr[len]) ? findNestedSum(arr[len]) :       arr[len];    };    return sum; }; console.log(findNestedSum(arr));

Output

The output in the console will be −

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