diff --git a/functions.js b/functions.js
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+// helper functions for use in other functions
+function isObject(value) {
+  return (
+    typeof value === "object" &&
+    !Array.isArray(value) &&
+    value !== null &&
+    !(value instanceof Date)
+  );
+}
+
+function isArray(value) {
+  return Array.isArray(value);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @description - returns the combined nested path by prepending key with path+/
+ * @param {string | number} key - key that path should be prepended with
+ * @param {string | undefined} path - existing path to add key to
+ */
+function getPath(key, path) {
+  return `${path ? path + "/" : ""}${key}`;
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {object} container - object to be converted to single dimension array
+ * @returns {object} - single dimension object where keys represent terminal paths of original object
+ */
+function convertMultiToSingleDimension(container) {
+  if (!isObject(container)) {
+    throw new Error("Container must be a plain object");
+  }
+
+  const flattenContainer = (value, path) => {
+    if (!isObject(value) && !isArray(value)) {
+      container[path] = value instanceof Date ? value.toISOString() : value;
+    } else if (isArray(value)) {
+      value.forEach((item, i) => flattenContainer(item, getPath(i, path)));
+    } else {
+      Object.keys(value).forEach((key) => {
+        const temp = value[key];
+        delete value[key];
+        flattenContainer(temp, getPath(key, path));
+      });
+    }
+  };
+
+  flattenContainer(container);
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {Object} container - single dimensional object with paths as keys
+ * @returns {Object} multi dimensional object.
+ */
+function convertSingleToMultiDimension(container) {
+  if (!isObject(container)) {
+    throw new Error("Container must be a plain object");
+  }
+
+  Object.keys(container).forEach((path) => {
+    const keys = path.split("/");
+
+    if (keys.length > 1) {
+      let temp = container;
+
+      keys.forEach((key, i) => {
+        if (i == keys.length - 1) {
+          const value = container[path];
+          if (Array.isArray(temp)) {
+            temp.push(value);
+          } else {
+            temp[key] = value;
+          }
+        } else {
+          const nextLevelIsArray = !isNaN(parseInt(keys[i + 1]));
+
+          temp[key] = temp[key] || (nextLevelIsArray ? [] : {});
+          temp = temp[key];
+        }
+      });
+      delete container[path];
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
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+{
+  "name": "Backend-Test",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {}
+}