/** * Interleave the items from all the lists so that the first items are first * in the returned list, the second items are next etc. * Does this in a O(n) fashion, and return lists[0] if there is only one list. * * @param {[]} lists * @returns [] reordered to be breadth first traversal of lists */ export default function interleave(lists) { if (!lists || !lists.length) { return []; } if (lists.length === 1) { return lists[0]; } console.time('interleave'); const useLists = [...lists]; const ret = []; for (let i = 0; useLists.length > 0; i++) { for (const list of useLists) { if (i >= list.length) { useLists.splice(useLists.indexOf(list), 1); continue; } ret.push(list[i]); } } console.timeEnd('interleave'); return ret; }