how to use the castarray function from lodash in javascript

The castArray function from the Lodash library is used to cast a value into an array. If the value is already an array, it will return the same array. If the value is not an array, it will return a new array with the value as its only element. Here's an example of how to use it:

index.tsx
const _ = require('lodash');

const value = 'hello';
const array = _.castArray(value);

console.log(array); // Output: ['hello']
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In the example above, the castArray function is used to convert the value variable into an array. Since value is not an array, castArray returns a new array with the value as the only element.

If you pass an array to castArray, it will return the same array:

index.tsx
const values = ['hello', 'world'];
const array = _.castArray(values);

console.log(array); // Output: ['hello', 'world']
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In the example above, values is already an array. castArray simply returns the same array because it does not need to perform any casting.