Total Prices from Unknown

Accept unknown and safely work toward a number. If the input is an array of objects with a numeric price, sum the prices. Otherwise return 0.

Check with Array.isArray. Then, for each item, make sure it is an object, not null, has a price key, and that price is a number.

function total(xs: unknown) {
  if (!Array.isArray(xs)) return 0;
  let t = 0;
  for (const it of xs) {
    if (typeof it === "object" && it && "price" in it) {
      const p = (it as { price?: unknown }).price;
      if (typeof p === "number") t += p;
    }
  }
  return t;
}

Your Task

Implement a function that totals prices when input is an array of price objects.

• Write function totalPrices(input: unknown): number.
• If input is an array of { price: number }, return the sum of price.
• Ignore items without a numeric price.
• Return 0 if input is not an array or is empty.
• Do not mutate inputs.