Compare two Arrays and replace Duplicates with values from a third array

Question

var array1 = [\'a\',\'b\',\'c\',\'d\'];
var array2 = [\'a\',\'v\',\'n\',\'d\',\'i\',\'f\'];

var array3 = [\'1\',\'2\',\'3\',\'4\',\'5\',\'6\'];

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Answer 1

function replaceDuplicates(array1, array2, array3) {

    // array3 can't be smaller than array1!
    if (array3.length < array1.length) throw new Error('array3 < array1');

    // Loop through all the items in array1...
    for (var i = 0; i < array1.length; i++) {

        // Check if the item in array2 matches...
        if (i < array2.length && array2[i] === array1[i]) {

            // And if it does replace array1's item with array3's item!
            array1[i] = array3[i];

        }
    }
}


var array1 = ['a','b','c','d'];
var array2 = ['a','v','n','d','i','f'];
var array3 = ['1','2','3','4','5','6'];

replaceDuplicates(array1, array2, array3);

console.log(array1); // ['1','v','n','4','i','f']