Mapped array average
JavaScript, Math · Oct 21, 2020

Calculates the average of an array, after mapping each element to a value using the provided function.
- Use
Array.prototype.map()
to map each element to the value returned byfn
. - Use
Array.prototype.reduce()
to add each value to an accumulator, initialized with a value of0
. - Divide the resulting array by its length.
const averageBy = (arr, fn) => arr .map(typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : val => val[fn]) .reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) / arr.length; averageBy([{ n: 4 }, { n: 2 }, { n: 8 }, { n: 6 }], o => o.n); // 5 averageBy([{ n: 4 }, { n: 2 }, { n: 8 }, { n: 6 }], 'n'); // 5