Index of array may be array by itself (tested in Chrome):
a = [1, 2, 3]
index = [1]
a[index] // returns 2
Is there any official documentation of this behavior?
3 Answers
Is there any official documentation of this behavior?
12.3.2.1Runtime Semantics: Evaluation
defines the following 3 steps
3 Let propertyNameReference be the result of evaluating Expression.
4 Let propertyNameValue be ? GetValue(propertyNameReference).
6 Let propertyKey be ? ToPropertyKey(propertyNameValue).
Then 7.1.14ToPropertyKey ( argument ) is defined as
- Let
keybe ?ToPrimitive(argument, hint String). - If
Type(key)isSymbol, then
a. Returnkey. - Return !
ToString(key).
Which effectively means, that unless the expression returns a Symbol - it (the key) would be converted to a string.
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As @Ryan and @4castle mentioned, javascript convert key(inside []) to string using [].join(',').
You can test it in this snippet.
var abc = {
"1,2": "ddd"
};
console.log(abc[[1,2]]);
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a[index] will do a toString on the index, and since index is an array, its to string is index.join() making the output a['1']
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Property_Accessors
index = ['hello world']or[1,2]?.toString()of an array is.join()a[1]isa['1']isa[['1'].join(',')]isa[String(['1'])]isa[['1']]isa[[1]].var a = [1, 2, 3] var index = [1, 2] console.log(a[index]);