sum up object properties in array of objects into a single object Lodash

Question

I have been trying to get this right and was having issues so figured i should ask ppl with more experience. I have an array of objects lets say called items, and I need to sum up some of the properties across different objects in the array and sum them up those at the end. The user can make a few selections and i need to only sum up the only the chosen properties in the array they give me so i thought maybe to use the _.pick function in lodash. If possible i would like to do that in one loop since the items array could have upto a 1000 items. Here is an example:

var items = [
{'lightBlue':4, 'darkBlue':2, 'red':4, 'orange':6, 'purple':7},
{'lightBlue':6, 'darkBlue':5, 'red':1, 'orange':2, 'purple':3},
{'lightBlue':2, 'darkBlue':4, 'red':3, 'orange':4, 'purple':9}
]

var userSelectedColors = ['lightBlue', 'darkBlue'];

What I want to see is all the blue's summed up like:

var summedUp = [{'lightBlue':12, 'darkBlue':11}];

Then sum up the results to get the total no

var totalCount = 23

Whats the best and performant way to get this in lodash. The array of userSelectedColors could be 1 or any combination of the colors.

Please provide an example, thanks your helps appreciated!

Answer 1

Use _.sumBy

var totalCount = _.sumBy(userSelectedColors, _.partial(_.sumBy, items));

var items = [
  { 'lightBlue': 4, 'darkBlue': 2, 'red': 4, 'orange': 6, 'purple': 7 },
  { 'lightBlue': 6, 'darkBlue': 5, 'red': 1, 'orange': 2, 'purple': 3 },
  { 'lightBlue': 2, 'darkBlue': 4, 'red': 3, 'orange': 4, 'purple': 9 }
], userSelectedColors = ['lightBlue', 'darkBlue'];

var totalCount = _.sumBy(userSelectedColors, _.partial(_.sumBy, items));

console.log(totalCount);

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Expanded, that looks like:

var totalCount = _.sumBy(userSelectedColors, function(prop) {
    return _.sumBy(items, prop);
});

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Without Lodash, a more performant solution would be something like this:

var totalCount = items.reduce(function(total, obj) {
    return total + userSelectedColors.reduce(function(total, prop) {
        return total + obj[prop];
    }, 0);
}, 0);

var items = [
  { 'lightBlue': 4, 'darkBlue': 2, 'red': 4, 'orange': 6, 'purple': 7 },
  { 'lightBlue': 6, 'darkBlue': 5, 'red': 1, 'orange': 2, 'purple': 3 },
  { 'lightBlue': 2, 'darkBlue': 4, 'red': 3, 'orange': 4, 'purple': 9 }
], userSelectedColors = ['lightBlue', 'darkBlue'];

var totalCount = items.reduce(function(total, obj) {
    return total + userSelectedColors.reduce(function(total, prop) {
        return total + obj[prop];
    }, 0);
}, 0);

console.log(totalCount);

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