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7,751 PointsChallenge Task 1: Using the filter and reduce methods on the purchaseItems array, add the total price of all the......
Please help !! My code: const purchaseItems = [ { name: 'apples', dept: 'groceries', price: 2.49 }, { name: 'bread', dept: 'groceries', price: 2.99 }, { name: 'batteries', dept: 'electronics', price: 5.80 }, { name: 'eggs', dept: 'groceries', price: 3.99 }, { name: 't-shirts', dept: 'apparel', price: 9.99 } ]; let groceryTotal;
// groceryTotal should be: 9.47 // Write your code below groceryTotal = purchaseItems .filter(items => items.price === 'groceries') .reduce((sum, items) => sum + items.price, 0) .toFixed(2);
console.log( groceryTotal);
const purchaseItems = [
{
name: 'apples',
dept: 'groceries',
price: 2.49
},
{
name: 'bread',
dept: 'groceries',
price: 2.99
},
{
name: 'batteries',
dept: 'electronics',
price: 5.80
},
{
name: 'eggs',
dept: 'groceries',
price: 3.99
},
{
name: 't-shirts',
dept: 'apparel',
price: 9.99
}
];
let groceryTotal;
// groceryTotal should be: 9.47
// Write your code below
groceryTotal = purchaseItems
.filter(items => items.price === 'groceries')
.reduce((sum, items) => sum + items.price, 0)
.toFixed(2);
console.log( groceryTotal);
2 Answers
Steven Parker
231,248 PointsI see a few issues:
- the filter should examine the dept of the items instead of the price.
- the total should be left as a number and not converted into a string (as toFixed does)
- you don't need to log anything to the console
Anik Devaughn
7,751 PointsThanks, it working :)