JavaScript: Find the sum of squares of a numeric vector

JavaScript Array: Exercise-11 with Solution

Sum of Squares in Array

Write a JavaScript program to find the sum of squares of a numerical vector.

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

// Function to calculate the sum of squares of elements in an array
function sum_sq(array) {
  var sum = 0, // Initialize a variable to store the sum of squares
      i = array.length; // Initialize a variable with the length of the array

  // Iterate through the array in reverse order
  while (i--)
    // Add the square of the current element to the sum
    sum += Math.pow(array[i], 2);

  // Return the calculated sum of squares
  return sum;
}

// Output the result of the function with a sample array
console.log(sum_sq([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]));

Output:

30

Flowchart:

ES6 Version:

// Function to calculate the sum of squares of elements in an array
const sum_sq = (array) => {
  // Initialize a variable to store the sum of squares
  let sum = 0;

  // Iterate through the array in reverse order using forEach
  array.forEach((element) => {
    // Add the square of the current element to the sum
    sum += Math.pow(element, 2);
  });

  // Return the calculated sum of squares
  return sum;
};

// Output the result of the function with a sample array
console.log(sum_sq([0, 1, 2, 3, 4]));

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Find the sum of squares of a numeric vector- array-ex- 11 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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