Sum javascript object propertyA values with same object propertyB in array of objects

Solution 1:

You should be assigning each object not found to the result with its .key property.

If it is found, then you need to add its .val.

var temp = {};
var obj = null;
for(var i=0; i < objArr.length; i++) {
   obj=objArr[i];

   if(!temp[obj.key]) {
       temp[obj.key] = obj;
   } else {
       temp[obj.key].val += obj.val;
   }
}
var result = [];
for (var prop in temp)
    result.push(temp[prop]);

Also, part of the problem was that you were reusing the item variable to reference the value of .key, so you lost reference to the object.

Solution 2:

Rather than using a for loop and pushing values, you can directly use map and reduce:

let objArr = [
  {key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 42},
  {key: 'Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 78},
  {key: 'Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 23},
  {key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 54}
];

// first, convert data into a Map with reduce
let counts = objArr.reduce((prev, curr) => {
  let count = prev.get(curr.key) || 0;
  prev.set(curr.key, curr.val + count);
  return prev;
}, new Map());

// then, map your counts object back to an array
let reducedObjArr = [...counts].map(([key, value]) => {
  return {key, value}
})

console.log(reducedObjArr);

Solution 3:

Simpler reduce than posted elsewhere

const objArr = [
{key:"Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:42},
{key:"Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:78},
{key:"Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:23},
{key:"Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:54}];

const output = objArr.reduce((accumulator, cur) => {
  let date = cur.key;
  let found = accumulator.find(elem => elem.key === date)
  if (found) found.val += cur.val;
  else accumulator.push(cur);
  return accumulator;
}, []);

console.log(output)

Solution 4:

You could use a hash table for the grouping by key.

var array = [{ key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 42 }, { key: 'Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 78 }, { key: 'Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 23 }, { key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 54}],
    grouped = [];

array.forEach(function (o) {
    if (!this[o.key]) {
        this[o.key] = { key: o.key, val: 0 };
        grouped.push(this[o.key]);
    }
    this[o.key].val += o.val;
}, Object.create(null));

console.log(grouped);

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Another approach is to collect all key/value pairs in a Map and format the final array with Array.from and a callback for the objects.

var array = [{ key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 42 }, { key: 'Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 78 }, { key: 'Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 23 }, { key: 'Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400', val: 54 }],
    grouped = Array.from(
        array.reduce((m, { key, val }) => m.set(key, (m.get(key) || 0) + val), new Map),
        ([key, val]) => ({ key, val })
    );

console.log(grouped);

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Solution 5:

var targetObj = {};
for (var i = 0; i < objArr.length; i++) {
    if (!targetObj.hasOwnProperty(objArr[i].key)) {
        targetObj[objArr[i].key] = 0;
    }
    targetObj[objArr[i].key] += objArr[i].val;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/HUMxp/