Mapped array sum
JavaScript, Math, Array · Nov 3, 2020

Calculates the sum 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
.
const sumBy = (arr, fn) => arr .map(typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : val => val[fn]) .reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0); sumBy([{ n: 4 }, { n: 2 }, { n: 8 }, { n: 6 }], x => x.n); // 20 sumBy([{ n: 4 }, { n: 2 }, { n: 8 }, { n: 6 }], 'n'); // 20