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.

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

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