Javascript equivalent of Python's zip function

Question

Is there a javascript equivalent of Python\'s zip function? That is, given multiple arrays of equal lengths create an array of pairs.

For instance, if I have three

Answer 1

The Python has two functions: zip and itertools.zip_longest. Implementation on JS/ES6 is like this:

Implementation Python`s zip on JS/ES6

const zip = (...arrays) => {
    const length = Math.min(...arrays.map(arr => arr.length));
    return Array.from({ length }, (value, index) => arrays.map((array => array[index])));
};

Results:

console.log(zip(
    [1, 2, 3, 'a'],
    [667, false, -378, '337'],
    [111],
    [11, 221]
));

[ [ 1, 667, 111, 11 ] ]

console.log(zip(
    [1, 2, 3, 'a'],
    [667, false, -378, '337'],
    [111, 212, 323, 433, '1111']
));

[ [ 1, 667, 111 ], [ 2, false, 212 ], [ 3, -378, 323 ], [ 'a', '337', 433 ] ]

console.log(zip(
    [1, 2, 3, 'a'],
    [667, false, -378, '337'],
    [111],
    []
));

[]

Implementation Python`s zip_longest on JS/ES6

(https://docs.python.org/3.5/library/itertools.html?highlight=zip_longest#itertools.zip_longest)

const zipLongest = (placeholder = undefined, ...arrays) => {
    const length = Math.max(...arrays.map(arr => arr.length));
    return Array.from(
        { length }, (value, index) => arrays.map(
            array => array.length - 1 >= index ? array[index] : placeholder
        )
    );
};

Results:

console.log(zipLongest(
    undefined,
    [1, 2, 3, 'a'],
    [667, false, -378, '337'],
    [111],
    []
));

[ [ 1, 667, 111, undefined ], [ 2, false, undefined, undefined ],
[ 3, -378, undefined, undefined ], [ 'a', '337', undefined, undefined ] ]

console.log(zipLongest(
    null,
    [1, 2, 3, 'a'],
    [667, false, -378, '337'],
    [111],
    []
));

[ [ 1, 667, 111, null ], [ 2, false, null, null ], [ 3, -378, null, null ], [ 'a', '337', null, null ] ]

console.log(zipLongest(
    'Is None',
    [1, 2, 3, 'a'],
    [667, false, -378, '337'],
    [111],
    []
));

[ [ 1, 667, 111, 'Is None' ], [ 2, false, 'Is None', 'Is None' ],
[ 3, -378, 'Is None', 'Is None' ], [ 'a', '337', 'Is None', 'Is None' ] ]