diff --git a/snippets/group-by b/snippets/group-by new file mode 100644 index 000000000..53383db3a --- /dev/null +++ b/snippets/group-by @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +### Group by + +Passing an array of values, a function or a property name thats going to be run against each value in the array, +returns an object where the keys are the mapped results and the values is an array of the original values that generated the same results. + +```js +const groupBy = (values, fn) => { + return (typeof fn === 'function' ? values.map(fn) : values.map((val) => val[fn])) + .reduce((acc, val, i) => { + acc[val] = acc[val] === undefined ? [values[i]] : acc[val].concat(values[i]); + return acc; + }, {}); +} +// groupBy([6.1, 4.2, 6.3], Math.floor) -> {4: [4.2], 6: [6.1, 6.3]} +// groupBy(['one', 'two', 'three'], 'length') -> {3: ['one', 'two'], 5: ['three']} +```