JavaScript - zip two arrays of the same length

In this article, we would like to show you how to zip two arrays of the same length using JavaScript.

Quick solution:

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

var array1 = [1, 2, 3];
var array2 = ['a', 'b', 'c'];

var result = array1.map(function(element, index) {
    return [element, array2[index]];
});

console.log(JSON.stringify(result));

Modern JavaScript syntax

In this example, we present how to zip two arrays of the same length into 2D array using map() method with modern JavaScript syntax.

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

const array1 = [1, 2, 3];
const array2 = ['a', 'b', 'c'];

const result = array1.map((element, index) => [element, array2[index]]);

console.log(JSON.stringify(result));

References

1. Array.prototype.map() - JavaScript | MDN