initialize2DArray.md

title	tags
initialize2DArray	array,intermediate

Initializes a 2D array of given width and height and value.

• Use Array.prototype.map() to generate h rows where each is a new array of size w initialize with value.
• If the value is not provided, default to null.

const initialize2DArray = (w, h, val = null) =>
  Array.from({ length: h }).map(() => Array.from({ length: w }).fill(val));

initialize2DArray(2, 2, 0); // [[0,0], [0,0]]