Better way to sum a property value in an array

Question

I have something like this:

$scope.traveler = [
            {  description: \'Senior\', Amount: 50},
            {  description: \'Senior\', Amount: 50},
             


        

Answer 1

Updated Answer

Due to all the downsides of adding a function to the Array prototype, I am updating this answer to provide an alternative that keeps the syntax similar to the syntax originally requested in the question.

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

Since it is an array you could add a function to the Array prototype.

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/