Flatten Nested Array Without Using Flatten Function

Question

I'm currently stuck on a problem. I'm trying to make [[1,2,[3]],4] -> [1,2,3,4] but cannot get it to work. The output I keep getting is: 1,2,3,4 1,2,3 3 3 3 3..........3

function flattenArray(input) {
var result = [];
console.log(input.toString());
 for(i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
 if(input[i].constructor === Array) {
 result.push(flattenArray(input[i]));
 } else {
 result.push(input[i]);
 }
}
 return result;
}
console.log(flattenArray([[1,2,[3]],4]));

Answer 1

I have this in my common.js file. I use it all the time.

Array.prototype.flatten = function () {
 var ret = [];
 for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
 if (Array.isArray(this[i])) {
 ret = ret.concat(this[i].flatten());
 } else {
 ret.push(this[i]);
 }
 }
 return ret;
};

Here it is as a function:

function flattenArray(input) {
 console.log(input.toString());
 var ret = [];
 for (var i = 0; i < input.length; i++) {
 if (Array.isArray(input[i])) {
 ret = ret.concat(flattenArray(input[i]));
 } else {
 ret.push(input[i]);
 }
 }
 return ret;
}