Question

I currently have 2 obj and using the jquery extend function, however it’s overriding value from keys with the same name. How can I add the values together instead?

var obj1 = {
  "orange": 2,
  "apple": 1,
  "grape": 1
};

var obj2 = {
  "orange": 5,
  "apple": 1,
  "banana": 1
};

mergedObj = $.extend({}, obj1, obj2);

var printObj = typeof JSON != "undefined" ? JSON.stringify : function (obj) {
  var arr = [];

  $.each(obj, function (key, val) {
    var next = key + ": ";
    next += $.isPlainObject(val) ? printObj(val) : val;
    arr.push(next);
  });

  return "{ " + arr.join(", ") + " }";
};

console.log('all together: ' + printObj(mergedObj));

And I get obj1 = {"orange":5,"apple":1, "grape":1, "banana":1}

What I need is obj1 = {"orange":7,"apple":2, "grape":1, "banana":1}

Answer 1

All $.extend does is join the two objects but it doesn’t add the values, it overrides them.
You’re going to have to do this manually. $.extend will be useful to add or modify fruits to your object but if you need the total sum you gonna have to loop:

var obj1 = { orange: 2, apple: 1, grape: 1 };
var obj2 = { orange: 5, apple: 1, banana: 1 };
var result = $.extend({}, obj1, obj2);
for (var o in result) {
  result[o] = (obj1[o] || 0) + (obj2[o] || 0);
}
console.log(result); //=> { orange: 7, apple: 2, grape: 1, banana: 1 }

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/elclanrs/emGyb/