Count Elements in an Array that match a Condition using JS

Count Elements in an Array that match a Condition using JS #

To count the elements in an array that match a condition:

1. Use the filter() method to iterate over the array.
2. Check if each element meets the condition.
3. Access the length property on the array to get the number of elements that meet the condition.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

const count = arr.filter(element => {
  if (element > 10) {
    return true;
  }

  return false;
}).length;

console.log(count); // 👉️ 3

The function we passed to the Array.filter() method gets called with each element in the array.

The filter() method returns a new array that only contains the elements that meet the condition.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

// 👇️ [ 11, 12, 13 ]
console.log(arr.filter(element => element > 10));

On each iteration, we check if the current array element is greater than 10.

If the condition is met, we return true, otherwise, we return false.

We can access the length property on the filtered array to get the count of the elements that meet the condition.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

// 👇️ 3
console.log(arr.filter(element => element > 10).length);

You can also shorten the function by returning the comparison instead of returning true or false.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

const count = arr.filter(element => element > 10).length;

console.log(count); // 👉️ 3

We directly check if each element is greater than 10 and return the result instead of explicitly returning true and false.

An alternative approach is to use the Array.reduce method.

Count Elements in an Array that match a Condition using reduce() #

To count the elements in an array that match a condition:

1. Use the reduce() method to iterate over the array.
2. If the element matches the condition return the accumulator value + 1.
3. If the condition is not matched, return the accumulator.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

const count = arr.reduce((accumulator, element) => {
  if (element > 10) {
    return accumulator + 1;
  }

  return accumulator;
}, 0);

console.log(count); // 👉️ 3

The function we passed to the Array.reduce method gets called for each element in the array.

We initialized the accumulator variable to a 0 because that's what we passed as the second argument to the reduce() method.

On each iteration, we check if the current element is greater than 10.

If the condition is met, we return the accumulator value + 1, otherwise, we return the accumulator.

The value we return from the callback function gets passed as the accumulator for the next iteration.

After the last iteration, the reduce method returns the count of the array elements that match the condition.

Count Elements in an Array that match a Condition using forEach() #

To count the elements in an array that match a condition:

1. Declare a count variable and initialize it to 0.
2. Use the Array.forEach() method to iterate over the array.
3. Check if each element meets the condition.
4. Increment the count variable if the condition is met.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

let count = 0;

arr.forEach(element => {
  if (element > 10) {
    count += 1;
  }
});

console.log(count); // 👉️ 3

The function we passed to the Array.forEach method gets called with each element in the array.

The forEach() method returns undefined, so we have to perform some kind of mutation to persist the state.

On each iteration, we check if the current array element is greater than 10.

If the condition is met, we increment the count variable by 1.

Notice that we used let to declare the count variable. Variables declared using const cannot be reassigned.

Count Elements in an Array that match a Condition using for...of #

You can also use a for...of loop to count the elements that match a condition.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

let count = 0;

for (const element of arr) {
  if (element > 10) {
    count += 1;
  }
}

console.log(count); // 👉️ 3

The for...of statement is used to loop over iterable objects like arrays, strings, Map, Set and NodeList objects and generators.

On each iteration, we check if the current element meets the condition and if it does, we increment the count variable by 1.

Count Elements in an Array that match a Condition using a for loop #

You can also use a basic for loop to count the elements in an array that meet a condition.

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const arr = [1, 11, 2, 12, 3, 13];

let count = 0;

for (let index = 0; index < arr.length; index++) {
  if (arr[index] > 10) {
    count += 1;
  }
}

console.log(count); // 👉️ 3

The for loop is quite verbose and requires us to make use of the index to access the current array element.

Which approach you pick is a matter of personal preference. I'd use the Array.forEach() method because I find it more direct.