Sum javascript object propertyA values with same object propertyB in array of objects

Question

How would one take a javascript array of objects such as:

my objArr = [
{key:Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400, val:42},
{key:Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-04         


        

Answer 1

Rather than using a for loop and pushing values, you can directly use map and reduce:

let objArr = [
  {key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 42},
  {key: 'Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 78},
  {key: 'Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 23},
  {key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 54}
];

// first, convert data into a Map with reduce
let counts = objArr.reduce((prev, curr) => {
  let count = prev.get(curr.key) || 0;
  prev.set(curr.key, curr.val + count);
  return prev;
}, new Map());

// then, map your counts object back to an array
let reducedObjArr = [...counts].map(([key, value]) => {
  return {key, value}
})

console.log(reducedObjArr);