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26 lines
778 B
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title: Mapped array average
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tags: math
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cover: rock-climbing
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firstSeen: 2018-01-11T12:25:54+02:00
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lastUpdated: 2020-10-21T21:17:45+03:00
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---
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Calculates the average of an array, after mapping each element to a value using the provided function.
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- Use `Array.prototype.map()` to map each element to the value returned by `fn`.
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- Use `Array.prototype.reduce()` to add each value to an accumulator, initialized with a value of `0`.
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- Divide the resulting array by its length.
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```js
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const averageBy = (arr, fn) =>
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arr
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.map(typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : val => val[fn])
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.reduce((acc, val) => acc + val, 0) / arr.length;
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```
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```js
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averageBy([{ n: 4 }, { n: 2 }, { n: 8 }, { n: 6 }], o => o.n); // 5
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averageBy([{ n: 4 }, { n: 2 }, { n: 8 }, { n: 6 }], 'n'); // 5
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```
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