Exercise 5.3
Historical Life Expectancy
var ancestry = JSON.parse(ANCESTRY_FILE);
function average(array) {
function plus(a, b) {
return a + b;
}
return array.reduce(plus) / array.length;
}
function groupBy(array, groupOf) {
var groups = {};
array.forEach(function(element) {
var groupName = groupOf(element);
if (groupName in groups)
groups[groupName].push(element);
else
groups[groupName] = [element];
});
return groups;
}
var byCentury = groupBy(ancestry, function(person) {
return Math.ceil(person.died / 100);
});
for (var century in byCentury) {
var ages = byCentury[century].map(function(person) {
return person.died - person.born;
});
console.log(century + ": " + average(ages));
}
To open the JavaScript console, press F12 or on MAC press COMMAND-OPTION-I.