freeCodeCamp Challenge Guide: Use the reduce Method to Analyze Data

Use the reduce Method to Analyze Data


Solutions

Solution 1 (Click to Show/Hide)
// the global variable
const watchList = [
  {
    Title: "Inception",
    Year: "2010",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "16 Jul 2010",
    Runtime: "148 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure, Crime",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer: "Christopher Nolan",
    Actors: "Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy",
    Plot:
      "A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.",
    Language: "English, Japanese, French",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 4 Oscars. Another 143 wins & 198 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjAxMzY3NjcxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTI5OTM0Mw@@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "74",
    imdbRating: "8.8",
    imdbVotes: "1,446,708",
    imdbID: "tt1375666",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "Interstellar",
    Year: "2014",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "07 Nov 2014",
    Runtime: "169 min",
    Genre: "Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer: "Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan",
    Actors: "Ellen Burstyn, Matthew McConaughey, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow",
    Plot:
      "A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.",
    Language: "English",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 1 Oscar. Another 39 wins & 132 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIxNTU4MzY4MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzM4ODI3MjE@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "74",
    imdbRating: "8.6",
    imdbVotes: "910,366",
    imdbID: "tt0816692",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "The Dark Knight",
    Year: "2008",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "18 Jul 2008",
    Runtime: "152 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure, Crime",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer:
      "Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (story), David S. Goyer (story), Bob Kane (characters)",
    Actors: "Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine",
    Plot:
      "When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice.",
    Language: "English, Mandarin",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 2 Oscars. Another 146 wins & 142 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTMxNTMwODM0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODAyMTk2Mw@@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "82",
    imdbRating: "9.0",
    imdbVotes: "1,652,832",
    imdbID: "tt0468569",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "Batman Begins",
    Year: "2005",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "15 Jun 2005",
    Runtime: "140 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer:
      "Bob Kane (characters), David S. Goyer (story), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), David S. Goyer (screenplay)",
    Actors: "Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes",
    Plot:
      "After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.",
    Language: "English, Urdu, Mandarin",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 66 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTM3OTc0MzM2OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzUwMTI3._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "70",
    imdbRating: "8.3",
    imdbVotes: "972,584",
    imdbID: "tt0372784",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "Avatar",
    Year: "2009",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "18 Dec 2009",
    Runtime: "162 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure, Fantasy",
    Director: "James Cameron",
    Writer: "James Cameron",
    Actors: "Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang",
    Plot:
      "A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.",
    Language: "English, Spanish",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 3 Oscars. Another 80 wins & 121 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTYwOTEwNjAzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODc5MTUwMw@@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "83",
    imdbRating: "7.9",
    imdbVotes: "876,575",
    imdbID: "tt0499549",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  }
];

function getRating(watchList){
  // Add your code below this line
  const averageRating = watchList
    // Use filter to find films directed by Christopher Nolan
    .filter(film => film.Director === "Christopher Nolan")
    // Use map to convert their ratings from strings to numbers
    .map(film => Number(film.imdbRating))
    // Use reduce to add together their ratings
    .reduce((sumOfRatings, rating) => sumOfRatings + rating) /
  // Divide by the number of Nolan films to get the average rating
  watchList.filter(film => film.Director === "Christopher Nolan").length;
  // Add your code above this line
  return averageRating;
}

console.log(getRating(watchList));
Solution 2 (Click to Show/Hide)
// the global variable
const watchList = [
  {
    Title: "Inception",
    Year: "2010",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "16 Jul 2010",
    Runtime: "148 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure, Crime",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer: "Christopher Nolan",
    Actors: "Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy",
    Plot:
      "A thief, who steals corporate secrets through use of dream-sharing technology, is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a CEO.",
    Language: "English, Japanese, French",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 4 Oscars. Another 143 wins & 198 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjAxMzY3NjcxNF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTI5OTM0Mw@@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "74",
    imdbRating: "8.8",
    imdbVotes: "1,446,708",
    imdbID: "tt1375666",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "Interstellar",
    Year: "2014",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "07 Nov 2014",
    Runtime: "169 min",
    Genre: "Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer: "Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan",
    Actors: "Ellen Burstyn, Matthew McConaughey, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow",
    Plot:
      "A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.",
    Language: "English",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 1 Oscar. Another 39 wins & 132 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjIxNTU4MzY4MF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTgwMzM4ODI3MjE@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "74",
    imdbRating: "8.6",
    imdbVotes: "910,366",
    imdbID: "tt0816692",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "The Dark Knight",
    Year: "2008",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "18 Jul 2008",
    Runtime: "152 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure, Crime",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer:
      "Jonathan Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), Christopher Nolan (story), David S. Goyer (story), Bob Kane (characters)",
    Actors: "Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine",
    Plot:
      "When the menace known as the Joker wreaks havoc and chaos on the people of Gotham, the caped crusader must come to terms with one of the greatest psychological tests of his ability to fight injustice.",
    Language: "English, Mandarin",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 2 Oscars. Another 146 wins & 142 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTMxNTMwODM0NF5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODAyMTk2Mw@@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "82",
    imdbRating: "9.0",
    imdbVotes: "1,652,832",
    imdbID: "tt0468569",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "Batman Begins",
    Year: "2005",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "15 Jun 2005",
    Runtime: "140 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure",
    Director: "Christopher Nolan",
    Writer:
      "Bob Kane (characters), David S. Goyer (story), Christopher Nolan (screenplay), David S. Goyer (screenplay)",
    Actors: "Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes",
    Plot:
      "After training with his mentor, Batman begins his fight to free crime-ridden Gotham City from the corruption that Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.",
    Language: "English, Urdu, Mandarin",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 15 wins & 66 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BNTM3OTc0MzM2OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTYwNzUwMTI3._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "70",
    imdbRating: "8.3",
    imdbVotes: "972,584",
    imdbID: "tt0372784",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  },
  {
    Title: "Avatar",
    Year: "2009",
    Rated: "PG-13",
    Released: "18 Dec 2009",
    Runtime: "162 min",
    Genre: "Action, Adventure, Fantasy",
    Director: "James Cameron",
    Writer: "James Cameron",
    Actors: "Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang",
    Plot:
      "A paraplegic marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.",
    Language: "English, Spanish",
    Country: "USA, UK",
    Awards: "Won 3 Oscars. Another 80 wins & 121 nominations.",
    Poster:
      "http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMTYwOTEwNjAzMl5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODc5MTUwMw@@._V1_SX300.jpg",
    Metascore: "83",
    imdbRating: "7.9",
    imdbVotes: "876,575",
    imdbID: "tt0499549",
    Type: "movie",
    Response: "True"
  }
];

function getRating(watchList) {
  // Add your code below this line
  const nolanData = watchList
    .reduce((data, { Director: director, imdbRating: rating }) => {
      if (director === 'Christopher Nolan') {
        data.count++;
        data.sum += Number(rating);
      }
      return data;
    }, { sum: 0, count: 0 });
  const averageRating = nolanData.sum / nolanData.count;
  // Add your code above this line
  return averageRating;
}

console.log(getRating(watchList));
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