Can a JavaScript function take unlimited arguments? Something like this:
testArray(1, 2, 3, 4, 5...);
I am trying:
var arr
There's a weird "magic" variable you can reference called "arguments":
function manyArgs() {
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; ++i)
alert(arguments[i]);
}
It's like an array, but it's not an array. In fact it's so weird that you really shouldn't use it much at all. A common practice is to get the values of it into a real array:
function foo() {
var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0);
// ...
In that example, "args" would be a normal array, without any of the weirdness. There are all sorts of nasty problems with "arguments", and in ECMAScript 5 its functionality will be curtailed.
edit — though using the .slice()
function sure is convenient, it turns out that passing the arguments
object out of a function causes headaches for optimization, so much so that functions that do it may not get optimized at all. The simple, straightforward way to turn arguments
into an array is therefore
function foo() {
var args = [];
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; ++i) args[i] = arguments[i];
// ...
}
More about arguments and optimization.
As of ECMAScript 2015 (or ES6) we also have access to rest parameters that give us a slightly cleaner way to manage arguments:
function foo(a, b, ...others) {
console.log("a and b are ", a, b);
for (let val of others) {
console.log(val);
}
}
foo(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
At the time of this writing, this is supported by Chrome 47+, Firefox 15+, and Edge. The feature is also available via both Babel and TypeScript transpiling down to ES5.
const outputDiv=document.querySelector('.output');
const output=(...x)=>{
return outputDiv.innerHTML=x;
}
output(1,2,3,4,['hello',5,6],true,null);
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With ECMAScript 6, you can use rest of arguments syntax:
const testArray = (...args) => {
console.log(args);
};
testArray(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10);
You can also just "cast" it, saving you the ugly loop:
var getArguments = function() {
return arguments;
};
var foo = getArguments(1,2,3,4);
// console.log(foo.slice()); => TypeError: foo.slice is not a function
var foo = Object.values(foo);
console.log(foo); // => [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]
foo.push(5);
console.log(foo); // => [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
Javascript ES5
function testArray(){
for(index = 0; index < arguments.length; i++) {
alert(arguments[index])
}
}
Javascript ES6
const testArray = (...arg) => console.log(arg)