Challenge Task 1: Using the filter and reduce methods on the purchaseItems array, add the total price of all the......

Question

Please help !!
My code: 
const purchaseItems = [
    {
        name: 'apples',
        dept: 'groceries',
        price: 2.49
    },
    {
        name: 'bread',
        dept: 'groceries',
        price: 2.99
    },
    {
        name: 'batteries',
        dept: 'electronics',
        price: 5.80
    },
    {
        name: 'eggs',
        dept: 'groceries',
        price: 3.99
    },
    {
        name: 't-shirts',
        dept: 'apparel',
        price: 9.99
    }
];
let groceryTotal;
// groceryTotal should be: 9.47
// Write your code below
groceryTotal = purchaseItems
.filter(items => items.price === 'groceries')
.reduce((sum, items) => sum + items.price, 0) 
.toFixed(2);
console.log( groceryTotal);
```app.js
const purchaseItems = [
    {
        name: 'apples',
        dept: 'groceries',
        price: 2.49
    },
    {
        name: 'bread',
        dept: 'groceries',
        price: 2.99
    },
    {
        name: 'batteries',
        dept: 'electronics',
        price: 5.80
    },
    {
        name: 'eggs',
        dept: 'groceries',
        price: 3.99
    },
    {
        name: 't-shirts',
        dept: 'apparel',
        price: 9.99
    }
];
let groceryTotal;
// groceryTotal should be: 9.47
// Write your code below
groceryTotal = purchaseItems
.filter(items => items.price === 'groceries')
.reduce((sum, items) => sum + items.price, 0) 
.toFixed(2);
console.log( groceryTotal);
```

Steven Parker · Accepted Answer

I see a few issues:
- the filter should examine the dept of the items instead of the price.
- the total should be left as a number and not converted into a string (as toFixed does)
- you don't need to log anything to the console

Anik Devaughn · Answer

Thanks, it working :)

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