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Array.map Polyfill
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Array.map Polyfill

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Problem

EPAM Systems front-end components often transform arrays of configuration or display data before rendering. Implement a Python equivalent of JavaScript's Array.map() behavior.

Create array_map(items, operation) that returns a new array containing one transformed value for each input element. The operation represents the callback supplied to map and receives the current value, its zero-based index, and the original array. For JSON-compatible tests, represent the callback with one of these operation names: identity, double, square, or value_plus_index.

The function must preserve input order, include exactly one output for every input element, and leave the original array unchanged. Do not use Python's built-in map() or list comprehensions for the main implementation.

Formal Specification

  • Input: items, a list of integers, and operation, a supported string operation.
  • Output: A new list containing the transformed values.
  • identity returns the value unchanged.
  • double returns value * 2.
  • square returns value * value.
  • value_plus_index returns value + index.

Constraints

  • 0 <= len(items) <= 10^4
  • -10^9 <= items[i] <= 10^9
  • operation is one of: identity, double, square, value_plus_index
  • Return a new list and do not mutate items

Function Signature

def array_map(items, operation):
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