function normalizeArray(parts, allowAboveRoot) {
  // if the path tries to go above the root, `up` ends up > 0
  var up = 0;
  for (var i = parts.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
    var last = parts[i];
    if (last === '.') {
      parts.splice(i, 1);
    } else if (last === '..') {
      parts.splice(i, 1);
      up++;
    } else if (up) {
      parts.splice(i, 1);
      up--;
    }
  }

  // if the path is allowed to go above the root, restore leading ..s
  if (allowAboveRoot) {
    for (; up--; up) {
      parts.unshift('..');
    }
  }

  return parts;
}
Whether or not the given `val`
is an array.

example:

       isArray([]);
       // > true
       isArray(arguments);
       // > false
       isArray('');
       // > false

@param {mixed} val
@return {bool}