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(disclosure, I'm mostly math illiterate).

I have an array in this format:

var grid = [
  [0,0], [0,1], [0,2], [0,3],
  [1,0], [1,1], [1,2], [1,3],
  [2,0], [2,1], [2,2], [2,3],
  [3,0], [3,1], [3,2], [3,3]
];

I need to "rotate" it by 90deg increments, so it's like this:

var grid = [
  [3,0], [2,0], [1,0], [0,0], 
  [3,1], [2,1], [1,1], [0,1], 
  [3,2], [2,2], [1,2], [0,2], 
  [3,3], [2,3], [1,3], [0,3] 
];

How do I accomplish this in Javascript?

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  • are you trying to do this specifically for a 4x4 matrix, or for any matrix of arbitrary dimensions? Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 5:17
  • @Blender: I've tried grid.map(function(d,i){return [Math.abs(d[1]-3), d[0]]}) which does it for one increment but it's obviously wrong from a math standpoint. Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 5:19
  • @ultranaut I need it for arbitrary dimensions. Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 5:20
  • is there a mistake in output grid last row ? it should be var grid = [ [3,0], [2,0], [1,0], [0,0], [3,1], [2,1], [1,1], [0,1], [3,2], [2,2], [1,2], [0,2], [3,3], [2,3], [1,3], [0,3] ]; .right ? Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 5:22
  • @rab ahhhh yes you're right. Updated question. Commented Mar 2, 2013 at 5:25

5 Answers 5

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Rotating a two dimensional m x n matrix

Those looking for Rotating a two dimensional matrix (a more general case) here is how to do it.

example: Original Matrix:

[
  [1,2,3],
  [4,5,6], 
  [7,8,9]
]

Rotated at 90 degrees:

[
    [7,4,1]
    [8,5,2]
    [9,6,3]
]

This is done in following way:

matrix[0].map((val, index) => matrix.map(row => row[index]).reverse())

For counter-clockwise rotation (Thanks to @karn-ratana):

matrix[0].map((val, index) => matrix.map(row => row[row.length-1-index]));
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6 Comments

This approach can only be applied to a square matrix.
@PreethamSridhar Over the top of my head, I think this approach is applicable to non-square matrices as well, it has nothing to do with matrix being square.
For counter-clockwise: matrix[0].map((val, index) => matrix.map(row => row[row.length-1-index]));
It's super!; and contrary to what Preetham Sridhar says, it also works for rectangular shapes. FYI, I use this algorithm for rotations (of words or blocks) to arange crossword puzzles.
Someone might want to add 180 for completeness.
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Credit goes to this answer for the actual rotation method.

My method was pretty straightforward. Just determine what the row length was, and then iterate through each item, converting the array index to x/y equivalents and then apply the method used in the linked answer to rotate. Finally I converted the rotated X/Y coordinates back to an array index.

var grid = [
  [0,0], [0,1], [0,2], [0,3],
  [1,0], [1,1], [1,2], [1,3],
  [2,0], [2,1], [2,2], [2,3],
  [3,0], [3,1], [3,2], [3,3]
]; 

var newGrid = [];
var rowLength = Math.sqrt(grid.length);
newGrid.length = grid.length

for (var i = 0; i < grid.length; i++)
{
    //convert to x/y
    var x = i % rowLength;
    var y = Math.floor(i / rowLength);

    //find new x/y
    var newX = rowLength - y - 1;
    var newY = x;

    //convert back to index
    var newPosition = newY * rowLength + newX;
    newGrid[newPosition] = grid[i];
}

for (var i = 0; i < newGrid.length; i++)
{   
    console.log(newGrid[i])
}

The output:

[3, 0] [2, 0] [1, 0] [0, 0]  
[3, 1] [2, 1] [1, 1] [0, 1]  
[3, 2] [2, 2] [1, 2] [0, 2]  
[3, 3] [2, 3] [1, 3] [0, 3]  

Fiddle for the lazy. And a 5x5 grid fiddle to demonstrate that the algorithm works for N grid sizes as long as they are square.

2 Comments

That's such a beautiful solution, clean and minimal. (has to be a square matrix though)
"has to be a square matrix though" is a problem to me... if i want to rotate a 2x8 matrix, how would you do?
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These are two function for clockwise and counterclockwise 90-degree rotation:

    function rotateCounterClockwise(a){
        var n=a.length;
        for (var i=0; i<n/2; i++) {
            for (var j=i; j<n-i-1; j++) {
                var tmp=a[i][j];
                a[i][j]=a[j][n-i-1];
                a[j][n-i-1]=a[n-i-1][n-j-1];
                a[n-i-1][n-j-1]=a[n-j-1][i];
                a[n-j-1][i]=tmp;
            }
        }
        return a;
    }

    function rotateClockwise(a) {
        var n=a.length;
        for (var i=0; i<n/2; i++) {
            for (var j=i; j<n-i-1; j++) {
                var tmp=a[i][j];
                a[i][j]=a[n-j-1][i];
                a[n-j-1][i]=a[n-i-1][n-j-1];
                a[n-i-1][n-j-1]=a[j][n-i-1];
                a[j][n-i-1]=tmp;
            }
        }
        return a;
    }

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I don't really need to deal with indices, since I can copy the values from one place to the other, this simplifies the answer a bit:

var grid = [
  [0,0], [0,1], [0,2], [0,3], [0,4],
  [1,0], [1,1], [1,2], [1,3], [1,4],
  [2,0], [2,1], [2,2], [2,3], [2,4],
  [3,0], [3,1], [3,2], [3,3], [3,4],
  [4,0], [4,1], [4,2], [4,3], [4,4]
]; 

var side = Math.sqrt(grid.length);

var rotate = function(d,i){
   return [Math.abs(i % side - side+1), Math.floor(i/side)]
}
grid = grid.map(rotate);

You can see a jsfiddle here: http://jsfiddle.net/KmtPg/

2 Comments

When I change any values in your initial grid with this solution the output doesn't change, do you really not want the input to matter?
Yes, those are just coordinates of a grid, but your answer is much more relevant most of the time so I'll accept it.
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This solution will work with any kind of matrix but if it's not nn and the size is nm it will have undefined items in the array (I set it to return null in case of undefined), but it works at the end and you will have a rotated array.

//ES6 function
const rotateMatrix = (matrix) => {
let temp;
for (let i = 1; i < matrix.length; i++) {
    for (let j = 0; j < matrix.length / 2; j++) {
        temp = matrix[i][j];
        matrix[i][j] = matrix[j][i] === undefined ? null : matrix[j][i];
        matrix[j][i] = temp;
    }
}
return matrix;
};

// 3,3 matrix example
console.table(rotateMatrix([[1, 2, 64], [4, 5, 55], [7, 8, 34]]));
// 5*3 matrix example
console.table(rotateMatrix([[1, 2, 64], [4, 5, 55], [7, 8, 34], [10, 15, 65], [22, 24, 56]]));

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