Reduce array of objects in javascript

Question

I have an array of objects in javascript that i want to reduce. See code below. message with 6 or more digits is verified, fewer is unverified. I group them by group.

const myArray = [
  { group: 'groupA', message: 'Text without a number', sl: '1A' },
  { group: 'groupA', message: 'Text with a number WO5467829', sl: '1A' },
  { group: 'groupB', message: 'Text without a number', sl: '1A' },
  { group: 'groupA', message: 'Text with a number WO5467829', sl: '1A' },
  { group: 'groupB', message: 'Text with a number WO5467829', sl: '1A' },
  { group: 'groupC', message: 'Text without a number', sl: '1B' },
  { group: 'groupD', message: 'Text with a number Tick0127866', sl: '1B' },
  { group: 'groupC', message: 'Text without a number', sl: '1A' }
];

output = myArray.reduce((acc, line) => {
  let yes = 0;
  let no = 0;

  line.message.match(/\d{6,}/) ? yes++ : no++;

  acc[line.group] = acc[line.group] || {};
  acc[line.group].verified = (acc[line.group].verified || 0) + yes;
  acc[line.group].unverified = (acc[line.group].unverified || 0) + no;
  return acc;
}, {});

console.log('output', output);

However I would like the output to also be an array of objects like so:

[
  { group: 'groupA', verified: 2, unverified: 1 },
  { group: 'groupB', verified: 1, unverified: 1 },
  { group: 'groupC', verified: 0, unverified: 2 },
  { group: 'groupD', verified: 1, unverified: 0 }
]

How would I do this?

Answer 1

Use an array as the initial value of your accumulator and inside .reduce , use findIndex to check for the current group, if found, update verified and unverified values, otherwise, insert a new one :

const myArray = [
  { group: "groupA", message: "Text without a number", sl: "1A" },
  { group: "groupA", message: "Text with a number WO5467829", sl: "1A" },
  { group: "groupB", message: "Text without a number", sl: "1A" },
  { group: "groupA", message: "Text with a number WO5467829", sl: "1A" },
  { group: "groupB", message: "Text with a number WO5467829", sl: "1A" },
  { group: "groupC", message: "Text without a number", sl: "1B" },
  { group: "groupD", message: "Text with a number Tick0127866", sl: "1B" },
  { group: "groupC", message: "Text without a number", sl: "1A" }
];

output = myArray.reduce((acc, line) => {
  let yes = 0;
  let no = 0;

  line.message.match(/\d{6,}/) ? yes++ : no++;

  // check if you have the group in the accumulator
  const ndx = acc.findIndex(e => e.group === line.group);

  // if you have it, manipulate verified and unverified
  if (ndx > -1) {
    acc[ndx].verified = (acc[ndx].verified || 0) + yes;
    acc[ndx].unverified = (acc[ndx].unverified || 0) + no;
  } else {
    // insert a new entry instead
    acc.push({
      group: line.group,
      verified: yes,
      unverified: no
    });
  }

  return acc;
}, []); // use an array as the initial value of the accumulator

console.log(output);