JavaScript Array method: fill()
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The fill() method (when applied to a JavaScript
array) sets
elements of the array to a specified value.
It
has the following syntax with the following parameters. It returns an array
(the changed array).
array.fill(value, start, end)
Parameter
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Required / Optional
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Description
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value
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Required
|
The value to fill the
array with
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start
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Optional
|
The index position
where elements start to be filled (default is zero)
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end
|
Optional
|
The index position
where elements stop being filled (default is array.length
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EXAMPLE:
HTML USED IN THIS EXAMPLE:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html> <!-- Copyright (c) Nematrian Limited 2018 -->
<head>
<style>
table,th,tr,td {border: 1px solid black; border-collapse: collapse;}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<table>
<tr>
<th>Example</th>
<th>Resulting value of <code>x</code></th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code id="Example"></code></td>
<td><code id="Result"></code></td>
</tr>
</table>
<script>
var h = ["a", "b", "c"];
document.getElementById("Example").innerHTML =
'var h = ["a", "b", "c"];<br>' +
'var x = h.fill("d");';
document.getElementById("Result").innerHTML = h.fill("d");
function square(x) {
return x > 0
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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FUNCTION THAT MAY ASSIST IN TESTING WHETHER FEATURE IS SUPPORTED:
function isSupportedJavaScriptMethodArrayFill() {
var h = [1, 2, 3]; return !!h.fill;
} |
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