TypeScript - Array reduce() method example

In TypeScript it is possible to convert array using reduce method in following ways.

1. Array conversion example

let array = [
    {
        id : 1,
        group : 'Juices',
        items : [
            { name : 'Apple',   price : 1.4 },
            { name : 'Orange',  price : 1.7 }
        ]
    },
    {
        id : 2,
        group : 'Baking',
        items : [
            { name : 'Bread',   price : 1.3 },
            { name : 'Roll',    price : 0.5 },
            { name : 'Loaf',    price : 1.1 }
        ]
    },
    {
        id : 3,
        group : 'Meat',
        items : [
            { name : 'Salmon',  price : 15.0 },
            { name : 'Turey',   price : 6.5  },
            { name : 'Chicken', price : 7.8  }
        ]
    },
];

let reduce = (array : Array<any>, entry : any, index : number) : Array<any> => {
    [...array, ...entry.items];
};

let products = array.reduce(reduce, new Array<any>());

console.log(products);

Where:

• array.reduce(reduce, new Array<any>()) method has been used to convert array of groups to array of items with initial empty array (second reduce method argument),
• let reduce = (array : Array<any>, entry : any) : Array<any> ... method contains conversion and merging logic for each array element
  where:
  • array : Array<any> variable indicates array returned during previous iteration or new Array<any>() object if it is first iteration,
  • entry : any variable contains currently iterated element,
  and returns array for next iteration or reduce operation result if all elements has been iterated.

Output (with NodeJS):

[
  { name: 'Apple',   price: 1.4 },
  { name: 'Orange',  price: 1.7 },
  { name: 'Bread',   price: 1.3 },
  { name: 'Roll',    price: 0.5 },
  { name: 'Loaf',    price: 1.1 },
  { name: 'Salmon',  price: 15  },
  { name: 'Turey',   price: 6.5 },
  { name: 'Chicken', price: 7.8 } 
]

2. Item finding example

let array = [
    {
        id : 1,
        group : 'Juices',
        items : [
            { name : 'Apple',   price : 1.4 },
            { name : 'Orange',  price : 1.7 }
        ]
    },
    {
        id : 2,
        group : 'Baking',
        items : [
            { name : 'Bread',   price : 1.3 },
            { name : 'Roll',    price : 0.5 },
            { name : 'Loaf',    price : 1.1 }
        ]
    },
    {
        id : 3,
        group : 'Meat',
        items : [
            { name : 'Salmon',  price : 15.0 },
            { name : 'Turey',   price : 6.5  },
            { name : 'Chicken', price : 7.8  }
        ]
    },
];

let reduce = (result : any, entry : any, index : number) : any => {
    if(entry.items.length < result.items.length)
        return entry;

    return result;
};

let smallestGroup = array.reduce(reduce);

console.log(smallestGroup);

Output (with NodeJS):

{
  id: 1,
  group: 'Juices',
  items: [
    { name: 'Apple',  price: 1.4 },
    { name: 'Orange', price: 1.7 }
  ]
}