How to convert simple array into two-dimensional array (matrix) with Javascript

Question

Imagine I have an array:

A = Array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9);

And I want it to convert into 2-dimensional array (matrix of N x M), for ins

Answer 1

function changeDimension(arr, size) {  
  var arrLen = arr.length;
  var newArr = [];
  var count=0;
  var tempArr = [];

  for(var i=0; i<arrLen; i++) {
    count++;
    tempArr.push(arr[i]);

    if (count == size || i == arrLen-1) {
      newArr.push(tempArr);
      tempArr = [];
      count = 0;
    }    
  }  
  return newArr;
}

changeDimension([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5], 4);

Answer 2

How about something like:

var matrixify = function(arr, rows, cols) {
    var matrix = [];
    if (rows * cols === arr.length) {
        for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i+= cols) {
            matrix.push(arr.slice(i, cols + i));
        }
    }

    return matrix;
};

var a = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7];
matrixify(a, 2, 4);

http://jsfiddle.net/andrewwhitaker/ERAUs/

Answer 3

An awesome repository here .

• api : masfufa.js

• sample : masfufa.html

According to that sample , the following snippet resolve the issue :

  jsdk.getAPI('my');
  var A=[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9];
  var MX=myAPI.getInstance('masfufa',{data:A,dim:'3x3'});

then :

MX.get[0][0]  // -> 1 (first)
MX.get[2][2] //  ->9 (last)

Answer 4

function matrixify(array, n, m) {
    var result = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
        result[i] = array.splice(0, m);
    }
    return result;
}
a = matrixify(a, 3, 3);

Answer 5

This code is generic no need to worry about size and array, works universally

  function TwoDimensional(arr, size) 
    {
      var res = []; 
      for(var i=0;i < arr.length;i = i+size)
      res.push(arr.slice(i,i+size));
      return res;
    }

1. Defining empty array.
2. Iterate according to the size so we will get specified chunk.That's why I am incrementing i with size, because size can be 2,3,4,5,6......
3. Here, first I am slicing from i to (i+size) and then I am pushing it to empty array res.
4. Return the two-dimensional array.

Answer 6

Something like this?

function listToMatrix(list, elementsPerSubArray) {
    var matrix = [], i, k;

    for (i = 0, k = -1; i < list.length; i++) {
        if (i % elementsPerSubArray === 0) {
            k++;
            matrix[k] = [];
        }

        matrix[k].push(list[i]);
    }

    return matrix;
}

Usage:

var matrix = listToMatrix([1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], 3);
// result: [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]