function calculateAverage(arr) {
let sum = 0;
let count = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (arr[i] && typeof arr[i] === "number") {
sum += arr[i];
count++;
}
}
return sum / count;
}
function calculateAverage(arr) {
let sum = 0;
let count = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (arr[i] && typeof arr[i] === "number") {
sum += arr[i];
count++;
}
}
return sum / count;
}
If we pass calculateAverage an array that contains a 0, because we’re filtering out falsy values (of which 0 is one), our calculation will be wrong.
To fix our function, we can get rid of our truthy check (arr[i]) and just verify the element is a number.
function calculateAverage(arr) {
let sum = 0;
let count = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
if (typeof arr[i] === "number") {
sum += arr[i];
count++;
}
}
return sum / count;
}