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JavaScript JavaScript Array Iteration Methods Combining Array Methods Combining filter() and reduce()

Swan The Human
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::Just for clarification:: If you do not set an initializer in the reduce() method, does it default to being an object?

I think I understood that correctly towards the end of the video. Joel explains that he is using 0 as an initializer (in the second portion of the video), so that the product.price knows to add it to a number. In the first portion of the video, where we created a function to return the highest priced product under $10, we did not use an initializer and I wasn't sure why. Just confirming that the default initializer will always be an object unless specified otherwise

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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An implicit initializer is not necessarily an object. When no initializer is provided, the first value of the array becomes the initial value, and the process begins with the second one. So it's based on what the array contains, which in this example just happens to be an object.

For more details, see the MDN page on reduce().