Arrays in Javascript
Arya Krishna
Posted on May 12, 2022
Let us see how we can do the following in javascript -
How to store
collections
ofvalues
in arraysHow to
loop
over anarray
to apply repetitive code to each value in acollection
How to create and call
functions
to execute sequel blocks of code on demandHow to
pass values into functions
to create dynamic results
We have been storing one piece of data in variables
var name = "Arya";
var books = 4;
var isStudent = true;
Arrays are used to store groups of data in a single variable.
var names = ["Arya", "Krishna", "Manvi", "Amogh"];
We name arrays in the same way as we did for a single variable. We name a variable, use the assignment operator and assign a value to the array list. The key syntax or the way we assign the value to an array is that we type a set of []
as a value and with coma separating values we write each elements in an array list.
In the above example of var names, we have created a sequence collection of 4 string values inside square brackets.
Remember that arrays are an ordered list means all the elements are assigned a position.
Arrays are zero-indexed, so the index of first element in the array is 0.
That means when we are trying to assign a position in an array, we count up from zero.
If we have to go and access a specific value, then we will go ahead and use the variable name again and extending it with square brackets and using the index pointer to point towards a specific item in the array.
That means to log a single element, we use the name of the array with the index in brackets
console.log(names[1]);
Posted on May 12, 2022
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