JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
JavaScript
data = [{
"id": 1,
"parent": 0,
"name": "Parent"
}, {
"id": 2,
"parent": 1,
"name": "Child 1"
}, {
"id": 3,
"parent": 2,
"name": "Grand Child 1"
}, {
"id": 4,
"parent": 2,
"name": "Grand Child 2"
}, {
"id": 5,
"parent": 1,
"name": "Child 2"
}]
function findAllChildren (id, results, depth) {
for (d in data) {
if (data[d].parent == id) {
data[d].depth = depth
results.push(data[d])
findAllChildren(data[d].id, results, depth + 1)
}
}
}
var results = []
findAllChildren(1, results, 0)
$('body').append(results.map(function (element) { return Array(element.depth + 1).join(' -> ') + element.name + '<br>' }))
console.log(results)