The latest articles on DEV Community by CABrouwers (@cabrouwers). https://dev.to/cabrouwers https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F537426%2F40eeda63-bdb5-4701-9311-9d76d00fae3f.png https://dev.to/cabrouwers en CABrouwers Thu, 10 Dec 2020 02:43:53 +0000 https://dev.to/cabrouwers/who-can-explain-this-deceptively-simple-destructuring-assignment-2cl7 https://dev.to/cabrouwers/who-can-explain-this-deceptively-simple-destructuring-assignment-2cl7 <p><strong>Code</strong><br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight javascript"><code><span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nx">a</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">a</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="dl">"</span><span class="s2">a-&gt;</span><span class="dl">"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="nx">a</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="kd">var</span> <span class="nx">b</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">{}</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="nx">b</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="nx">console</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">log</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="dl">"</span><span class="s2">b-&gt;</span><span class="dl">"</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="nx">b</span><span class="p">)</span> </code></pre> </div> <p><strong>Output</strong><br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight plaintext"><code>a-&gt; 2 b-&gt; [ 3 ] </code></pre> </div> <p>Why is the second output different? How is the assignment working?</p> <p>Thanks</p> javascript node