Matrix Spiral Copy

Function Name: spiralCopy

Description

Write a function that takes a 2D array (matrix) of m x n elements and returns a list of its elements sorted in a spiral order.

The spiral order starts at the top-left corner of the matrix and proceeds in a clockwise direction.

The function should move towards the right on the top row, then proceed downwards along the last column, then move leftward along the bottom row, and finally move up the first column, then continue inwards, following the same pattern until all elements have been visited.

Requirements

• The function 'spiralCopy' must take a single argument - a 2D array (matrix).
• The 2D array may contain integers, characters, or any other data types that can be ordered in a list.
• The function must return a list containing all the elements of the array in the determined spiral order.
• No built-in matrix or array flattening functions may be used; the traversal must be manually coded.
• The function should handle matrices of different dimensions, including edge cases like a single row or a single column matrix.

Examples

If the function is given the following matrix:[  [ 1,  2,  3,  4],  [12, 13, 14,  5],  [11, 16, 15,  6],  [10,  9,  8,  7]]The function should return [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16].