Enough JavaScript to get you Started : #17 rest,spread and destructuring

rest and spread operator (...)

👉 rest and spread operators came out with release of ECMA6


👉... can be used as rest as well as spread operator

rest

👉 collects all remaining params into a single array

👉 Problem statement : write a function which can perform sum of N numbers

👉Code

const sum = (n1,n2,n3) => {
       return n1+n2+n3;
}

👉 this solution works for only 3 numbers but as per the definition we've to add N numbers

👉 now the problem is we don't know how many params are going to passed maybe 3 maybe 5 maybe 100?

👉 we can't write 100 function for 100 numbers

👉 Solution : use rest operator

👉 rest operator (...) collects all the actual values passed and then combines them into one array , so we can pass n number of params without having to write separate functions for each of problems

👉 Example

const sumOfN = (...elements) => {
     let total = 0;
     // remember rest passes array as arguement
     // we'll loop through each element and add them into total.
     for(i=0;i<elements.length;i++)
     {
             // += is short hand for 'total = total + elements[i]`
             total+=elements[i]; // will add items from array one by one
     }
     return total;
}

// let's check
sumOfN(1); // ✔ returns 1
sumOfN(1,2); // ✔ returns 3
sumOfN(1,2,3); // ✔ returns 6
sumOfN(1,2,3,4); // ✔ returns 10

👉 according to ECMA standards the param which will use rest operator need to be last in parameters

👉 Example : sumOfN(someOtherVar,...elements)

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Spread operator

👉 Spread operator have similar (...) expression as rest operator but it works in different context


👉Spread operators allows us to expand elements without having to write loops explicitly

Let's understand it through example
👉 Problem statement : create a program which can merge two arrays

👉 The old way :

let arr1=[1,2,3];
let arr2 = [4,5,6];
let mergedArray = [];
for(let item of arr1)
{      
       // push method is used to push elements into array at last index
       mergedArray.push(item);
}
for(let item of arr2)
{      
       mergedArray.push(item);
}

console.log(mergedArray);
// will print [1,2,3,4,5,6]

👉 The new way with spread operator :

let arr1 = [1,2,3];
let arr2 = [4,5,6];

// '...arr1' will unpack 1,2,3 into mergedArray
// '...arr2' will unpack 4,5,6 into mergedArray
let mergedArray = [...arr1,...arr2];

console.log(mergedArray);
// will print [1,2,3,4,5,6]

👉 Spread makes it easy to work with day to day array operations

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Destructuring

👉 Descructuring in JavaScript simply refers to popping out the desired values from Objects and Arrays

👉 Example : The old way

const 🐕 = {
       name : "sharron",
       color : "black",
       age : 9
}

// old way to access values
const name = 🐕.name;
const color = 🐕.color;
const age = 🐕.age;

👉 Example : The new way

const 🐕 = {
       name : "sharron",
       color : "black",
       age : 9
}

// using destructuring to extract values
const {name,color,age} = 🐕;

console.log(name); // sharron
console.log(color);  // black
console.log(age);    // age

const heros = ['iron man', 'super man', 'spider man'];

const [hero1, hero2, hero3] = heros;
console.log(hero1); // "iron man"
console.log(hero2); // "super man"
console.log(hero3); // "spider man"

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Comments

[Lars Feldeisen]

You could also write your sum function like that:

const sum = (...el) => el.reduce((a, c) => a + c);

[Adarsh Pandya]

Nice idea ! reduce, map and bind are being written in upcoming article :)

[Wayne Richard]

Nice job on this entire series.

[HamzaMateen]

Great, concise!

[Adarsh Pandya]

Respecting everyone's time is great thing to do 😉