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

Question

How would one take a javascript array of objects such as:

my 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}]

and merge duplicate keys by summing the values. In order to get something like this:

my reducedObjArr = [
{key:Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400, val:96},
{key:Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400, val:78},
{key:Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400, val:23}]

I have tried iterating and adding to a new array, but this didn't work:

var reducedObjArr = [];
var item = null, key = null;
for(var i=0; i<objArr.length; i++) {
   item=objArr[i];
   key = Object.keys(item)[0];
   item=item[key];

   if(!result[key]){
       result[key] = item;
   }else{
       result[key] += item;}
   }a

Answer 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]);

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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.