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js get sum of array of objects

const getSumByKey = (arr, key) => {
  return arr.reduce((accumulator, current) => accumulator + Number(current[key]), 0)
}

arr = [{x:1}, {x:3}]
getSumByKey(arr, 'x') // returns 4

sum of array of objects javascript

var accounts = [
  { name: 'James Brown', msgCount: 123 },
  { name: 'Stevie Wonder', msgCount: 22 },
  { name: 'Sly Stone', msgCount: 16 },
  { name: 'Otis Redding', msgCount: 300 }  // Otis has the most messages
];

// get sum of msgCount prop across all objects in array
var msgTotal = accounts.reduce(function(prev, cur) {
  return prev + cur.msgCount;
}, 0);

console.log('Total Messages:', msgTotal); // Total Messages: 461