tech-interview-handbook/apps/website/experimental/utilities/javascript/matrixClone.js

function matrixClone(matrix, defaultValue) {
  return matrix.map((row) => {
    return defaultValue === undefined
      ? row.slice(0)
      : Array(row.length).fill(defaultValue);
  });
}

const deepEqual = require('./deepEqual');

// Test clone.
const a = [
  [1, 2],
  [1, 4],
];
console.log(
  deepEqual(matrixClone(a), [
    [1, 2],
    [1, 4],
  ]),
);
a[0][0] = 4;
console.log(
  deepEqual(matrixClone(a), [
    [1, 2],
    [1, 4],
  ]) === false,
);
console.log(deepEqual(matrixClone([[1]]), [[1]]));

// Test clone with default value.
console.log(
  deepEqual(
    matrixClone(
      [
        [1, 2],
        [1, 4],
      ],
      1,
    ),
    [
      [1, 1],
      [1, 1],
    ],
  ),
);
console.log(
  deepEqual(
    matrixClone(
      [
        [1, 2],
        [1, 4],
      ],
      null,
    ),
    [
      [null, null],
      [null, null],
    ],
  ),
);