In JavaScript, fold and reduce are functional programming techniques for aggregating data. The reduce()
method iterates over an array and combines each element into a single result. It accepts a callback function with two parameters: accumulator
(the accumulated value) and currentValue
(the current element). The syntax is:
reduce()
is useful for various tasks, such as summing numbers, flattening arrays, or accumulating objects. It represents a fold operation, combining elements into one value by applying a function to each item.