What’s the difference between “Array()” and “[]” while declaring a JavaScript array?

Question

What\'s the real difference between declaring an array like this:

var myArray = new Array();

and

var myArray = [];
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Answer 1

The first one is the default object constructor call. You can use it's parameters if you want.

var array = new Array(5); //initialize with default length 5

The second one gives you the ability to create not empty array:

var array = [1, 2, 3]; // this array will contain numbers 1, 2, 3.