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Arrays overview - JavaScript Tutorial
From the course: JavaScript: Arrays
Arrays overview
- [Presenter] What is an array? An array is a type of object that stores collections of data in a single variable. Arrays are flexible, list-like objects. They are used frequently in JavaScript and can be transformed in a number of different ways. Arrays have built in properties and methods to allow us to utilize them as needed. By having a better understanding of how to use arrays to their great potential, you can write more clean, succinct code and reach solutions much more quickly. Let's consider a real world situation to give you a high-level example of how arrays are used. Here is a simple array of strings of all of my pet's names. As you can see, this is very list-like. The contents of the array could have been anything, numbers, booleans, objects. Taking the previous example one step further, our pets array now contains several objects. Each object represents one of my pets and information specific to them. By…
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