map | Itential

The map task maps an input to an array of values.

Potential use case

Suppose you have a list of data to input and you want to give each item in the list a numerical placement value. You could use the map task to accomplish this.

Properties

Incoming	Type	Description
`arr`	Array	Required. The input array (objects or values) to be mapped.
`map`	Array	Required. An array of values that will be used as the map.

Outgoing	Type	Description
`result`	Object	The mapped `result`.

Example

In this example, the arr variable is ["a","b","c"] and the values to map are the numerals [1,2,3].

map task configured with arr a b c and map values 1 2 3

The result that returns is a list of key-value items shown as ["a": 1, "b": 2, "c": 3].