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Object-Oriented JavaScript

You're reading from   Object-Oriented JavaScript Learn everything you need to know about object-oriented JavaScript (OOJS)

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880568
Length 550 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Stoyan STEFANOV Stoyan STEFANOV
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Preface 1. Object-Oriented JavaScript FREE CHAPTER 2. Primitive Data Types, Arrays, Loops, and Conditions 3. Functions 4. Objects 5. ES6 Iterators and Generators 6. Prototype 7. Inheritance 8. Classes and Modules 9. Promises and Proxies 10. The Browser Environment 11. Coding and Design Patterns 12. Testing and Debugging 13. Reactive Programming and React A. Reserved Words B. Built-in Functions
C. Built-in Objects D. Regular Expressions
E. Answers to Exercise Questions

Rest parameters

ES6 introduces rest parameters. Rest parameters allow us to send an arbitrary number of parameters to a function in the form of an array. Rest parameter can only be the last one in the list of parameters, and there can only be one rest parameter. Putting a rest operator(...) before the last formal parameter indicates that parameter is a rest parameter. The following example shows adding a rest operator before the last formal parameter:

    function sayThings(tone, ...quotes){ 
      console.log(Array.isArray(quotes)); //true 
      console.log(`In ${tone} voice, I say ${quotes}`) 
    } 
    sayThings("Morgan Freeman","Something serious"," 
     Imploding Universe"," Amen"); 
    //In Morgan Freeman voice, I say Something serious,
     Imploding Universe,Amen 

The first parameter passed to the function is received in tone, while the rest of the parameters are received as an array. Variable arguments (var-args) have been part of several...

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