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Pick the first and last items of an array |
Tip |
2021-05-17 20:37:00 +7 |
JavaScript |
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If you want to receive the first and last items of a given array, you might think of the common way as following:
const length = arr.length;
const first = arr[0];
const last = arr[arr.length - 1];Because an array is also an object, the length property can be accessed with the destructuring syntax:
const { length } = arr;Also, an array item at any position can be accessed with its index. Hence, we can shorten three lines at the top with a single line:
const { length, 0: first, [length - 1]: last } = arr;