prakharaditya · October 27, 2021 11:47 · Jul 26, 2020
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+* `map` => Takes an array, and then applies a function to every element of that array.
+* `filter` => Takes an array, and passes every element through a function. It only keeps the element if the function returns `true`.
+* `sort` => By default, it sorts the elements of an array in alphabetical order. But, if you give it a function, it will use it to sort the array in the following way:
+  * The function takes two arguments to compare, `a` and `b`.
+  * The function returns a negative number if `a` is lower than `b`.
+  * The function returns zero if `a` has the same value as `b`.
+  * The function returns a positive number is `a` is higher than `b`.
+* `reduce` => Starts with an accumulator. It starts with the first element of the array. Then it goes through the rest of the elements, and for each one, it applies a function to the accumulator and the element and puts the result back into the accumulator. The function returns what the accumulator is at the end.
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+## Examples
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+* Let's say you have `[1, 2, 4, 6].map(x => x*2)`. It applies the doubling function to every element of the array, so it returns `[2, 4, 8, 12]`.
+* Let's say you have `["a", "hello", "b", "goodbye"]` and you want to filter out all single-letter strings. You can call filter with the following function: `x => x.length > 1`. That will only return `true` if the string has more than one letter.
+* You want to sum all the elements of `[6, 5, 3, 1, 8, 7, 2, 4]`. You can call reduce with this function: `(acc, val) => acc + val`:
+  * It starts with an accumulator value of `6`, the first value of the array.
+  * It goes to the next element, `5`, and applies the function to `6` and it. It adds 6 + 5 = 11. That's the new accumulator value.
+  * It goes to the next element, `3`, and applies the function to `11` and it. It adds 11 + 3 = 14. That's the new accumulator value.
+  * It goes to the next element, `1`, and applies the function to `14` and it. It adds 14 + 1 = 15. That's the new accumulator value.
+  * And so on, until we get to the accumulator value of `36`. That's the answer.
+  * This method works because this is just a convoluted way of just adding on every element of the array one by one.
+* You have `[9, 4, 5, 3, 1].sort((a, b) => a - b)`. The function returns a negative number if a < b, and a positive number if a > b. So it will sort it from lowest to highest: `[1, 3, 4, 5, 9]`.
+* You have `[9, 4, 5, 3, 1].sort((a, b) => b - a)`. The function returns a negative number if a > b, and a positive number if a < b. So it will sort it from highest to lowest: `[9, 5, 4, 3, 1]`.