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-04         


        

Answer 1

var targetObj = {};
for (var i = 0; i < objArr.length; i++) {
    if (!targetObj.hasOwnProperty(objArr[i].key)) {
        targetObj[objArr[i].key] = 0;
    }
    targetObj[objArr[i].key] += objArr[i].val;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/HUMxp/