May 2011
Intermediate to advanced
1093 pages
40h 54m
English
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Name
arguments[ ] — an array of function arguments
Synopsis
argumentsDescription
The arguments[] array is
defined only within a function body. Within the body of a function,
arguments refers to the Arguments
object for the function. This object has numbered properties and
serves as an array containing all arguments passed to the function.
The arguments identifier is
essentially a local variable automatically declared and initialized
within every function. It refers to an Arguments object only within
the body of a function and is undefined in global code.