Creating a nested list from a flat list with parent / child lists in JavaScript

Question

I am creating a web application that needs to process nested geographic data both for displaying in a tree and for searching. The source data looks something like this:

id:1, name:UK
id:2: name: South-East, parentId: 1
id:3: name: South-West, parentId:1
id:4: name: Berkshire, parentId: 2
id:5: name: Reading, parentId: 4

and I want it to look something like this:

id:1: name UK, children[ 
 {id: 2, name: South-East, children:[
    {id:4: name: Berkshire, children: [
       {id:5: name: Reading}
     ]
  }, 
   {id:3: name: South-West}
]

so each geographic location has a "children" array property that contains all subzones, each of which has a different "children" array property, etc. It might also make sense to have a “parent” property, so I could move from any child to its parent.

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Answer 1

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Javascript :

    //Make the data definition as small as possible..
    //each entry is [ name, parent_pos_in_array]..
    //note: requires that a parent node appears before a child node..
    var data = [
        ["UK", -1], //root..
        ["South-East", 0],
        ["South-West", 0],
        ["Berkshire", 1],
        ["Reading", 3]
        //...etc...
    ];

    //Turns given flat arr into a tree and returns root..
    //(Assumes that no child is declared before parent)
    function makeTree(arr){
        //Array with all the children elements set correctly..
        var treeArr = new Array(arr.length);

        for(var i = 0, len = arr.length; i < len; i++){
            var arrI = arr[i];
            var newNode = treeArr[i] = {
                name: arrI[0],
                children: []
            };
            var parentI = arrI[1];
            if(parentI > -1){ //i.e. not the root..
                treeArr[parentI].children.push(newNode);
            }
        }
        return treeArr[0]; //return the root..
    }

    var root = makeTree(data);

, :

    var data = [['root', -1]];
    for(var i = 1; i < 100000; i++){
        var parentI = Math.floor(Math.random()*(i-1));
        data.push(['a_name', parentI]);   
    }
    var start = new Date().getTime();
    var tree = makeTree(data);
    var end = new Date().getTime();

    console.log('Took: ' + (end-start) + 'ms.');

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Answer 2

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function sort(a){
  var len = a.length,
      fix = -1;
  for (var i = 0; i < len; i++ ){
      while(!!~(fix = a.findIndex(e => a[i].pid == e.id)) && fix > i) [a[i],a[fix]] = [a[fix],a[i]];
      lut[a[i].id]=i;
  }
  return a;
}

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for (var i = sorted.length-1; i>=0; i--)
    sorted[i].pid != "root" && (!! sorted[lut[sorted[i].pid]].children
                                && sorted[lut[sorted[i].pid]].children.push(sorted.splice(i,1)[0])
                                || (sorted[lut[sorted[i].pid]].children = [sorted.splice(i,1)[0]]));

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