JavaScript: Group the elements of an array based on the given function and returns the count of elements in each group

JavaScript fundamental (ES6 Syntax): Exercise-69 with Solution

Write a JavaScript program to group array elements based on the given function. It return the count of elements in each group.

• Use Array.prototype.map() to map the values of an array to a function or property name.
• Use Array.prototype.reduce() to create an object, where the keys are produced from the mapped results.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

//#Source https://bit.ly/2neWfJ2
// Define a function 'countBy' that takes an array and a function (or property name) as arguments and returns an object.
const countBy = (arr, fn) =>
  arr.map(typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : val => val[fn]) // Convert each element of the array to a key based on the function or property name.
     .reduce((acc, val, i) => { // Reduce the mapped array to an object counting occurrences of each key.
        acc[val] = (acc[val] || 0) + 1; // Increment the count for each key.
        return acc;
     }, {});

// Example usages:
console.log(countBy([6, 10, 100, 10], Math.sqrt));  
console.log(countBy([6.1, 4.2, 6.3], Math.floor));  
console.log(countBy(['one', 'two', 'three'], 'length'));  

Output:

{"10":1,"2.449489742783178":1,"3.1622776601683795":2}
{"4":1,"6":2}
{"3":2,"5":1}

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-basic-exercise-69-1 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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