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benwells / reduce-example.js
Created May 12, 2016 13:40
Using Array.reduce to sum a property in an array of objects
var accounts = [
{ name: 'James Brown', msgCount: 123 },
{ name: 'Stevie Wonder', msgCount: 22 },
{ name: 'Sly Stone', msgCount: 16 },
{ name: 'Otis Redding', msgCount: 300 } // Otis has the most messages
];
// get sum of msgCount prop across all objects in array
var msgTotal = accounts.reduce(function(prev, cur) {
return prev + cur.msgCount;