Reduce array to a single string

A flurry of answers just came in and here is one more!

The first option is using the native js join method which eliminates the need for reduce. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/join

var authors = ['some author', 'another author', 'last author'];
var authorString = authors.join(",");
console.log(authorString);

IMPORTANT – if you’re array contains objects, then you might want to map it before joining:

var authors = [{name: 'some author'},{name: 'another author'},{name: 'last author'}]
var authorString = authors.map(function(author){
    return author.name;
}).join(",");
console.log(authorString);

or, if you’re really fired up about using reduce, just make sure you use the previous value, current value and index when passing in the callback. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/Reduce

var authorString = authors.reduce(function(prevVal,currVal,idx){
    return idx == 0 ? currVal : prevVal + ', ' + currVal;
}, '')
console.log(authorString);

IMPORTANT – again if your array contains objects then you will want to make sure you are using the ‘name property’:

var authors = [{name: 'some author'},{name: 'another author'},{name: 'last author'}];
var authorString = authors.reduce(function(prevVal,currVal,idx){
    return idx == 0 ? currVal.name : prevVal + ', ' + currVal.name;
}, '')
console.log(authorString);