Avoid an error when destructuring from undefined

Question

Lets say I have this code:

const {x, y} = point;

Babel will turn this into:

var _point = point,
    x = _point.x,
    y = _poin         


        

Answer 1

[…] what if point is undefined? Now I get an error: "Cannot read property 'x' of undefined"

So how do I avoid this?

If you want to write clear code, you can explicitly check that condition:

let { x, y };
if (typeof point === 'undefined') {
    x = y = undefined;
} else {
    { x, y } = point;
}