Functional Programming - Apply Functional Programming to Convert Strings to URL Slugs

Hello fCC family, what does it mean when the lesson says “Recall that map and filter are special cases of reduce”

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// Only change code below this line
function urlSlug(title) {


}
// Only change code above this line
urlSlug("A Mind Needs Books Like A Sword Needs A Whetstone");

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Challenge: Functional Programming - Apply Functional Programming to Convert Strings to URL Slugs

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they are referring to the earlier lesson on reduce here
https://www.freecodecamp.org/learn/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/functional-programming/use-the-reduce-method-to-analyze-data

If you re-read it, notice it says:

The reduce method allows for more general forms of array processing, and it’s possible to show that both filter and map can be derived as special applications of reduce .

Therefore both map and filter are just simplified versions of reduce (you can use reduce to do everything they do plus more)

Ok i see what you mean, it does do both. Im gonna keep that in mind, thank you!

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