How to implement custom map function with limit on number of operations? | Paytm Frontend Interview Question | JavaScript Interview Questions | Frontend Problem Solving

In this question, you need to implement a custom mapLimit function that takes 4 arguments

1. inputs: An array of inputs
2. limit: The maximum number of operations at any given time.
3. iterateeFn: The async function that should be called with each input to generate the corresponding output. It will have two arguments:
   • input: The input being processed
   • callback: A function that will be called when the input is finished processing. It will be provided with one argument, the processed output.
4. callback: A function that should be called with the array of outputs once all inputs have been processed.

At any given point, your program can make max 2 calls i.e. at any given point your program can process 1, 2 or 2, 3 or so on user ids.

function getUserById(id, callback) {
  // simulating async request
  const randomRequestTime = Math.floor(Math.random() * 100) + 200;
 
  setTimeout(() => {
    callback("User" + id)
  }, randomRequestTime);
}

function mapLimit(inputs, limit, iterateeFn, callback) {
  // implement here
}

mapLimit([1,2,3,4,5], 2, getUserById, (allResults) => {
  console.log('output:', allResults) // ["User1", "User2", "User3", "User4", "User5"]
})