Creating an array of cumulative sum in javascript

Question

This is an example of what I need to do:

var myarray = [5, 10, 3, 2];

var result1 = myarray[0];
var result2 = myarray[1] + myarray[0];
var result3 = myarray         


        

Answer 1

To keep the cumsum within a function until fully built, I offer this minor variant on Matt's Answer:

var cumsum = function(past_sums, new_value) {
  var last_sum = 1*past_sums.slice(-1);
  var new_sum = last_sum + new_value;
  return past_sums.concat([new_sum]);
}
var some_sums = [5, 10, 3, 2].reduce(cumsum, []);

Here's how it works:

• The first cycle:
  • past_sums.slice(-1) === []
  • 1*past_sums.slice(-1) === 0
• All but the last cycle:
  • cumsum returns [past_sums and new_sum] as next cycle's past_sums
• The last cycle:
  • cumsum returns [5, 15, 18, 20] as the output Array some_sums

It can be written with fewer lines:

var cumsum = function(sums, val) {
  return sums.concat([ val + 1*sums.slice(-1) ]);
}
var some_sums = [5, 10, 3, 2].reduce(cumsum, []);

With Arrow Functions (Not for ≤IE11 or Opera Mini), I'd write this:

var cumsum = (sums,val) => sums.concat([ val + 1*sums.slice(-1) ]);
var some_sums = [5, 10, 3, 2].reduce(cumsum, []);