How to pull multiple elements from an array in Javascript?

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So I am working on a school project to create a "piano" that will play notes that start at a certain time and return an output that looks like this:

    Outputs:
    Play A
    Play B
    Wait 1.5 seconds
    Play C
    Wait 1.5 seconds
    Release A
    Release B
    Release C

So on and so forth. I am able to sort the start times, but I can't figure out how to write something that will translate to the output I need. I'm not sure how to pull the note when the format is note: "A". I am hoping to write something that will pull the notes that start at 0,1,2,etc in order, tell them to play for a certain amount of time and then release. I'm not really sure how else to ask this.

    let piano=[
      {note: 'Ab', starts_at: 0},
      {note: 'A', starts_at: 5},
      {note: 'A#', starts_at: 10},
      {note: 'Bb', starts_at: 7},
      {note: 'B', starts_at: 4},
      {note: 'C', starts_at: 8},
      {note: 'C#', starts_at: 13},
      {note: 'Db', starts_at: 2},
      {note: 'D', starts_at: 0},
      {note: 'D#', starts_at: 5},
      {note: 'Eb', starts_at: 1},
      {note: 'E', starts_at: 11},
      {note: 'F', starts_at: 3},
      {note: 'F#', starts_at: 2},
      {note: 'Gb', starts_at: 9},
      {note: 'G', starts_at: 10},
      {note: 'G#', starts_at: 1}
    ];


    let my_song=piano.sort((elem_1, elem_2,) =>{
      if (elem_1.starts_at == elem_2.starts_at){
        return 0;
      } else if (elem_1.starts_at >= elem_2.starts_at){
        return 1;
      }
     return -1;
    });
    console.log(my_song)

Hello I don't know if you understand well but come on what you need is a report of what was done previously well my opinion is the following you should set up a custom log to receive these reports — Boaventura
– Boaventura, Commented Feb 23, 2020 at 23:35

Jackson · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-23 22:09:32Z

1

I think you can put a reduce after you sort the array to build the string value.

const str = piano.reduce((acc, curr, i, arr)=>{
  const prev = arr[i - 1];
  if(prev) {
    const diff = curr.starts_at - prev.starts_at;
    acc += `\nWait ${diff} seconds`;
  }
  acc += `\nPlay ${curr.note}`;
}, '');

answered Feb 23, 2020 at 22:09

Jackson

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