A better approach to add the values of a property in an array

Problem

Here’s an example of what I’m talking about:

$scope.traveler = [
            {  description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
            {  description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
            {  description: 'Adult', Amount: 75},
            {  description: 'Child', Amount: 35},
            {  description: 'Infant', Amount: 25 },
];

Now to have a total Amount of this array I’m doing something like this:

$scope.totalAmount = function(){
       var total = 0;
       for (var i = 0; i < $scope.traveler.length; i++) {
              total = total + $scope.traveler[i].Amount;
            }
       return total;
}

It’s simple when there’s only one array, however I’d like to sum multiple arrays, each with a different property name.

If I could do anything like this, I’d be much happier:

$scope.traveler.Sum({ Amount });

But I’m not sure how to go about doing this in such a way that I can reuse it in the future:

$scope.someArray.Sum({ someProperty });

Asked by nramirez

Solution #1

I’m aware that there is an established answer to this topic, but I thought I’d offer an option that makes use of array. reduce, since the canonical example of reduce is summing an array:

$scope.sum = function(items, prop){
    return items.reduce( function(a, b){
        return a + b[prop];
    }, 0);
};

$scope.travelerTotal = $scope.sum($scope.traveler, 'Amount');

Fiddle

Answered by Gruff Bunny

Solution #2

var traveler = [{description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
                {description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
                {description: 'Adult', Amount: 75},
                {description: 'Child', Amount: 35},
                {description: 'Infant', Amount: 25}];

function amount(item){
  return item.Amount;
}

function sum(prev, next){
  return prev + next;
}

traveler.map(amount).reduce(sum);
// => 235;

// or use arrow functions
traveler.map(item => item.Amount).reduce((prev, next) => prev + next);

// Example of reuse.
// Get only Amounts greater than 0;

// Also, while using Javascript, stick with camelCase.
// If you do decide to go against the standards, 
// then maintain your decision with all keys as in...

// { description: 'Senior', Amount: 50 }

// would be

// { Description: 'Senior', Amount: 50 };

var travelers = [{description: 'Senior', amount: 50},
                {description: 'Senior', amount: 50},
                {description: 'Adult', amount: 75},
                {description: 'Child', amount: 35},
                {description: 'Infant', amount: 0 }];

// Directly above Travelers array I changed "Amount" to "amount" to match standards.

function amount(item){
  return item.amount;
}

travelers.filter(amount);
// => [{description: 'Senior', amount: 50},
//     {description: 'Senior', amount: 50},
//     {description: 'Adult', amount: 75},
//     {description: 'Child', amount: 35}];
//     Does not include "Infant" as 0 is falsey.

Answered by SoEzPz

Solution #3

Updated Answer

Because of the drawbacks of adding a function to the Array prototype, I’m revising this response to propose an option that maintains the syntax desired in the query.

class TravellerCollection extends Array {
    sum(key) {
        return this.reduce((a, b) => a + (b[key] || 0), 0);
    }
}
const traveler = new TravellerCollection(...[
    {  description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
    {  description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
    {  description: 'Adult', Amount: 75},
    {  description: 'Child', Amount: 35},
    {  description: 'Infant', Amount: 25 },
]);

console.log(traveler.sum('Amount')); //~> 235

Original Answer

You could add a function to the Array prototype because it’s an array.

traveler = [
    {  description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
    {  description: 'Senior', Amount: 50},
    {  description: 'Adult', Amount: 75},
    {  description: 'Child', Amount: 35},
    {  description: 'Infant', Amount: 25 },
];

Array.prototype.sum = function (prop) {
    var total = 0
    for ( var i = 0, _len = this.length; i < _len; i++ ) {
        total += this[i][prop]
    }
    return total
}

console.log(traveler.sum("Amount"))

The Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/9BAmj/

Answered by bottens

Solution #4

I always try to avoid modifying prototype methods and adding libraries, so here’s what I’ve come up with:

It is sufficient to use the reduce Array prototype function.

// + operator for casting to Number
items.reduce((a, b) => +a + +b.price, 0);

Answered by Eric Marcelino

Solution #5

To sum, combine reduction and destructuring. Amount:

const traveler = [
  { description: 'Senior', Amount: 50 },
  { description: 'Senior', Amount: 50 },
  { description: 'Adult', Amount: 75 },
  { description: 'Child', Amount: 35 },
  { description: 'Infant', Amount: 25 },
];

console.log(traveler.reduce((n, {Amount}) => n + Amount, 0))

Answered by Patrick Leib

Post is based on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23247859/better-way-to-sum-a-property-value-in-an-array