How to early break reduce() method?

Question

How can I break the iteration of reduce() method?

for:

for (var i = Things.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
  if(Things[i] <=         


        

Answer 1

You cannot break from inside of a reduce method. Depending on what you are trying to accomplish you could alter the final result (which is one reason you may want to do this)

const result = [1, 1, 1].reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0); // returns 3

console.log(result);

const result = [1, 1, 1].reduce((a, b, c, d) => {
  if (c === 1 && b < 3) {
    return a + b + 1;
  } 
  return a + b;
}, 0); // now returns 4

console.log(result);

Keep in mind: you cannot reassign the array parameter directly

const result = [1, 1, 1].reduce( (a, b, c, d) => {
  if (c === 0) {
    d = [1, 1, 2];
  } 
  return a + b;
}, 0); // still returns 3

console.log(result);

However (as pointed out below), you CAN affect the outcome by changing the array's contents:

const result = [1, 1, 1].reduce( (a, b, c, d) => {
  if (c === 0) {
    d[2] = 100;
  } 
  return a + b;
}, 0); // now returns 102

console.log(result);