Merging Objects with Matching Properties in JavaScript Arrays

Consider the following array of objects:

objArr = [
    {key:"Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:42},
    {key:"Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:78},
    {key:"Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:23},
    {key:"Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:54}, // 
Our goal is to merge duplicate keys and sum their respective values, resulting in:
reducedObjArr = [
    {key:"Mon Sep 23 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:96},
    {key:"Mon Sep 24 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:78},
    {key:"Mon Sep 25 2013 00:00:00 GMT-0400", val:23}
]
While an initial attempt might involve iterating and pushing values, a more efficient approach involves leveraging JavaScript's built-in functions:
// Use a Map to count values with the same key
const counts = objArr.reduce((prev, curr) => {
  let count = prev.get(curr.key) || 0;
  prev.set(curr.key, curr.val   count);
  return prev;
}, new Map());

// Convert the Map back to an array of objects
const reducedObjArr = [...counts].map(([key, value]) => {
  return {key, value};
});
This method reduces the array to a Map where keys represent duplicate key values and values represent their sums. The Map is then converted back to an array of objects for readability.