Cartesian product

JavaScript, Math · Dec 29, 2020

Calculates the cartesian product of two arrays.

Use Array.prototype.reduce(), Array.prototype.map() and the spread operator (...) to generate all possible element pairs from the two arrays.

const cartesianProduct = (a, b) =>
  a.reduce((p, x) => [...p, ...b.map(y => [x, y])], []);

cartesianProduct(['x', 'y'], [1, 2]);
// [['x', 1], ['x', 2], ['y', 1], ['y', 2]]

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