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Richard
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JavaScript: Declaring Multiple Variables 📦📦📦

Let's say you want to declare some variables:

const name = "Orange County";
const state = "California"
let age = 132;
let population = 319000000;
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Four isn't that many, but if you had more, you'd need an easier way to do it. I think the best way is using destructuring. Note that with destructuring, you have to separate the let and const keywords.

const [name, state] = ["Orange County", "California"];
let [age, population] = [132, 319000000];
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You can also do this, also separating let and const keywords:

const name = "Orange County", state = "California;
let age = 132, population = 319000000;
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You can indent to make it easier to read. But let's be honest, this way is not really that different from declaring the variables individually. I don't personally see how it offers a significant advantage but it is an option.

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