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Object-Oriented JavaScript - Third Edition
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Object-Oriented JavaScript - Third Edition

by Stoyan STEFANOV, Ved Antani
January 2017
Beginner to intermediate
550 pages
10h 6m
English
Packt Publishing
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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 ...

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ISBN: 9781785880568