Javascript - insert an array inside another array

Question

What is the more efficient way to insert an array inside another array.

a1 = [1,2,3,4,5];
a2 = [21,22];

newArray - a1.insertAt(2,a2) -> [1,2, 21,22, 3,4         


        

Answer 1

I wanted to find a way to do this with splice() and no iterating: http://jsfiddle.net/jfriend00/W9n27/.

a1 = [1,2,3,4,5];
a2 = [21,22];

a2.unshift(2, 0);          // put first two params to splice onto front of array
a1.splice.apply(a1, a2);   // pass array as arguments parameter to splice
console.log(a1);           // [1, 2, 21, 22, 3, 4, 5];

In general purpose function form:

function arrayInsertAt(destArray, pos, arrayToInsert) {
    var args = [];
    args.push(pos);                           // where to insert
    args.push(0);                             // nothing to remove
    args = args.concat(arrayToInsert);        // add on array to insert
    destArray.splice.apply(destArray, args);  // splice it in
}