Array object in javascript lets you to store keyed collections of values into a single variable with indexing start with 0. Type of each and every value can be same either number, string or float. Here in this article we will learn all possible ways to create an array.
Declaration Syntax:
There are two syntax for creating an empty array:
let a = new Array();
let a = [];
//OR
var a = new Array();
var a = [];
Almost all the time, the second syntax is used. We can initialize an array by adding its values with in square brackets separated by a comma (,) as shown below.
Array With Initialization:
let colors = ["Red", "Green", "Blue"];
We can access elements of an array by its index starting with zero(0).
Accessing Array with array index:
colors[0]; // will return Red
colors[1]; // will return Green
colors[2]; // will return Blue
Replacing Array Element:
We can replace an element of array as follows.
colors[1] = "Orange";
colors[1]; // will return Orange
Adding new Element in array:
We can add new value in an array as follows.
colors[3] = "Cyan";
colors; // will return (4) ["Red", "Green", "Blue", "Cyan"]
Length or Count elements of Array:
a.length; // return 4
Different Types of Elements inside array:
An array can store elements of any type.
var b = [12,"ss",45.56,true, {}, [], function a(){}];
b; // return (7) [12, "ss", 45.56, true, {…}, Array(0), ƒ]
Multidimensional arrays:
Arrays can have items that are also arrays. We can use it for multidimensional arrays, to store matrices:
let matrix = [
[1, 2, 3],
[4, 5, 6],
[7, 8, 9]
];
matrix; // return [Array(3), Array(3), Array(3)]
Array iteration:
We can access each and every element of array by using any loop with index and length property as follows.
var a = ["Red", "Green", "Blue"];
for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++){
console.log(a[i]);
}
//OUTPUT:
//Red
//Green
//Blue
Empty Array:
We can create empty array or delete all collections of its elements as follows.
//Empty array declaration.
var a = [];
//Initialization of array.
for(var i=0; i<5; i++){
a[i]=i;
}
//Clear or delete all elements of an Array
a = [];
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