I'd like to sum the values of an object.
I'm used to python where it would just be:
sample = { 'a': 1 , 'b': 2 , 'c':3 };
summed = sum(sample.itervalues())
The following code works, but it's a lot of code:
function obj_values(object) {
var results = [];
for (var property in object)
results.push(object[property]);
return results;
}
function list_sum( list ){
return list.reduce(function(previousValue, currentValue, index, array){
return previousValue + currentValue;
});
}
function object_values_sum( obj ){
return list_sum(obj_values(obj));
}
var sample = { a: 1 , b: 2 , c:3 };
var summed = list_sum(obj_values(a));
var summed = object_values_sum(a)
Am i missing anything obvious, or is this just the way it is?
It can be as simple as that:
const sumValues = obj => Object.values(obj).reduce((a, b) => a + b);
Quoting MDN:
The
Object.values()
method returns an array of a given object's own enumerable property values, in the same order as that provided by afor...in
loop (the difference being that a for-in loop enumerates properties in the prototype chain as well).
The
reduce()
method applies a function against an accumulator and each value of the array (from left-to-right) to reduce it to a single value.
from Array.prototype.reduce()
on MDN
You can use this function like that:
sumValues({a: 4, b: 6, c: -5, d: 0}); // gives 5
Note that this code uses some ECMAScript features which are not supported by some older browsers (like IE). You might need to use Babel to compile your code.