Daily JavaScript Challenge #JS-101: Find the Maximum Depth of a Nested Array

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Daily JavaScript Challenge: Find the Maximum Depth of a Nested Array

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The Challenge

Difficulty: Medium

Topic: Recursion

Description

Develop a function to find the maximum depth of nested arrays. The function will receive an array as its input, which can contain other arrays to any depth, and it should return the maximum depth integer.

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Top comments (1)

Annabelle Ng • Feb 13

Wow, that really took me some time 😂 Thank you for the question 🩷

const arrays = [1, [2, 3], [4, [5, [6, 7, [8]]]]]

function findMaxDepth (arr) {
  let countSet = [0];
  let count = 0
  countChildrenDepth(arr, count);
  return Math.max(...countSet);

  function countChildrenDepth (arr, count) {
    if (Array.isArray(arr)) {
      count++;
      countSet.push(count)
      console.log("arr", arr, "count", count, "countSet", countSet)
      arr.map ((item) => {
        countChildrenDepth(item, count);
      });
     }
  }
}

console.log("find max depth of nested arrays", findMaxDepth(arrays))