Javascript - Sum two arrays in single iteration

Question

I want to sum each value of an array of numbers with its corresponding value in a different array of numbers, and I want to do this without looping through each individual v

Answer 1

Below example will work even with length variation and few more use cases. check out. you can do prototyping as well if you needed.

function sumArray(a, b) {
      var c = [];
      for (var i = 0; i < Math.max(a.length, b.length); i++) {
        c.push((a[i] || 0) + (b[i] || 0));
      }
      return c;
}

// First Use Case.
var a = [1, 2, 3, 4];
var b = [1, 2, 3, 4];
console.log( sumArray(a, b) );

// Second Use Case with different Length.
var a = [1, 2, 3, 4];
var b = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
console.log( sumArray(a, b) );

// Third Use Case with undefined values and invalid length.
var a = [1, 2, 3, 4];
var b = [];
b[1] = 2;
b[3] = 4;
b[9] = 9;
console.log( sumArray(a, b) );