My nested array won't print in javascript

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let array2 = ['Banana', ['Apples', ['Oranges'], 'Blueberries']];
document.write(array2[0][0]);

I wanted to print Apples in this array. When I tried array2[0] it prints Banana which is correct, but when I make it array2[0][0] it prints B, when I make it like array2[0][1] it prints a. Seems like the string Banana became an array.

Banana is not an array, but a string, and you can access individual characters in strings with the same syntax that you use to access elements in an array - numeric brackets notation. — CertainPerformance
– CertainPerformance, Commented May 16, 2018 at 3:07

Mamun · Accepted Answer · 2018-05-16 03:26:37Z

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Apples is in the second positioned array. So index should be 1:

let array2 = ['Banana', ['Apples', ['Oranges'], 'Blueberries']];
document.write(array2[1][0]);

Seems like the string Banana became an array.

Please visit: String.prototype.indexOf():

Characters in a string are indexed from left to right. The index of the first character is 0, and the index of the last character of a string called stringName is stringName.length - 1.

edited May 16, 2018 at 3:26

answered May 16, 2018 at 3:06

Mamun

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izee Over a year ago

wow!That was fast! Thank you so much! I'm new in Javascript. May I know how come the apples become 1, isn't it part of Banana array? I would be so much grateful if you could explain it to me a bit, but if you can't, it's okay. Thank you very much!

Mamun Over a year ago

@izee, array's are 0 based....so first item at index 0, second item at 1...and so on...

izee Over a year ago

oh..I just thought the code was like this array2= ['Banana', ['Apples', ['Oranges'], 'Blueberries'] ]; it looks like a nested array to me..that's why I never thought the apple is one...😁

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