The State Changers' meeting focused on data manipulation, specifically array manipulation. The participants were dealing with a challenge where the requested data result was in the correct form but not the right format-a common problem in programming. The array in question was more embedded than needed, featuring two additional arrays that were not required.
The troubleshooting process revolved mainly around keywords like "Function Stack," "Blocked Users IDs," "Array," and "Object." The solution involved determining the input shape, output shape of the data, and then adjusting the input accordingly. Since the problem was in the middle level of the data structure and not on the outside, a 'for each' loop was used to undertake surgery and snip out the unneeded extra array. The aim was to understand how to manipulate arrays to solve programming challenges. The major takeaways were understanding the importance of knowing the state of your data, understanding how array manipulation plays a big role in programming, and how the stop and debug process helps in seeing data shape as it evolves. The meeting would be of interest to anyone seeking to understand data and array manipulation in programming.
(Source: Office Hours 8/7/2023 )
