Sum values from an Array in JavaScript

Daniela costina Vaduva picture Daniela costina Vaduva · Apr 17, 2013 · Viewed 181.5k times · Source

I have defined a JavaScript variables called myData which is a new Array like this:

var myData = new Array(['2013-01-22', 0], ['2013-01-29', 0], ['2013-02-05', 0],
             ['2013-02-12', 0], ['2013-02-19', 0], ['2013-02-26', 0], 
             ['2013-03-05', 0], ['2013-03-12', 0], ['2013-03-19', 0], 
             ['2013-03-26', 0], ['2013-04-02', 21], ['2013-04-09', 2]);

I am wondering if it is possible to sum the number values found in the array (ex. 0+0+21+2+0 and so on) and have probably a variable with the result that I can use outside of the script tag because I have 7 of this kind of arrays corresponding for each of the day in the week. I want to make a comparison afterwards based on that. That is the most preferred method for this kind of actions if is possible?

Answer

KooiInc picture KooiInc · Apr 17, 2013

You could use the Array.reduce method:

const myData = [
  ['2013-01-22', 0], ['2013-01-29', 0], ['2013-02-05', 0],
  ['2013-02-12', 0], ['2013-02-19', 0], ['2013-02-26', 0], 
  ['2013-03-05', 0], ['2013-03-12', 0], ['2013-03-19', 0], 
  ['2013-03-26', 0], ['2013-04-02', 21], ['2013-04-09', 2]
];
const sum = myData
  .map( v => v[1] )                                
  .reduce( (sum, current) => sum + current, 0 );
  
console.log(sum);

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