Variadic curried sum function

Question

I need a js sum function to work like this:

sum(1)(2) = 3
sum(1)(2)(3) = 6
sum(1)(2)(3)(4) = 10 
etc.

I heard it can\'t be done. But heard

Answer 1

Here's a solution with a generic variadic curry function in ES6 Javascript, with the caveat that a final () is needed to invoke the arguments:

const curry = (f) =>
   (...args) => args.length? curry(f.bind(0, ...args)): f();

const sum = (...values) => values.reduce((total, current) => total + current, 0)
curry(sum)(2)(2)(1)() == 5 // true

Here's another one that doesn't need (), using valueOf as in @rafael's answer. I feel like using valueOf in this way (or perhaps at all) is very confusing to people reading your code, but each to their own.

The toString in that answer is unnecessary. Internally, when javascript performs a type coersion it always calls valueOf() before calling toString().

// invokes a function if it is used as a value
const autoInvoke = (f) => Object.assign(f, { valueOf: f } );

const curry = autoInvoke((f) =>
   (...args) => args.length? autoInvoke(curry(f.bind(0, ...args))): f());

const sum = (...values) => values.reduce((total, current) => total + current, 0)
curry(sum)(2)(2)(1) + 0 == 5 // true