Preface: You're using map incorrectly. If you're not using the array that map builds and returns, there's no reason to use it; just use a loop or forEach. More in my post here. And one reason to use an old-fashioned for loop is that you're in control of iteration, which matters because...
However, it's acting weirdly and sometimes I'm getting 2 items being added instead of one.
That's because you're inserting into the array being looped by the map, so on the next pass, it picks up the entry you're adding.
If you do a simple loop, you can easily avoid that by incrementing the index when you insert, or by looping backward; here's the looping backward approach:
const addItemToLevelTwoArray = (uniqueID, arrayID) => {
const reportObject = {
id: arrayID,
title: "",
};
for (const section of data) {
for (let reportIndex = section.content.length - 1; reportIndex >= 0; --reportIndex) {
const report = section.content[reportIndex];
if (report.id === uniqueID) {
section.content.splice(reportIndex, 0, reportObject);
}
}
}
};
Because we're looping backward, we won't pick up the entry we just added on the next pass.
Since the outer loop doesn't have that problem, I used the more convenient for-of.
Since you asked about map, if you do use the array map returns, you can do this by returning an array with the two entries, and then calling flat on the array map builds. (This only works if the array doesn't already contain arrays, because they'll get flattened to.) This is common enough that it's combined in one function: flatMap. It's not what I'd do (I'd do a loop), but it's certainly feasible. Sticking with forEach and flatMap rather than using for-of and for:
const addItemToLevelTwoArray = (uniqueID, arrayID) => {
const reportObject = {
id: arrayID,
title: "",
}
data.forEach(section => {
section.content = section.content.flatMap(report => {
if (report.id === uniqueID) {
// Return the new one and the old one
return [reportObject, report];
}
// Return just the old one
return report;
});
});
};
That assumes it's okay to modify the section object. If it isn't, Alberto Sinigaglia's answer shows creating a new replacement object instead, which is handy in some sitautions.
mapincorrectly. If you're not using the array thatmapbuilds and returns, there's no reason to use it; just use a loop orforEach. More in my post here. And the great thing about using a loop is you can just...add another entry, since you're the one building the result.