How to useArray Literal in Javascript

Array literals use square brackets to enclose comma-separated elements for initializing arrays in JavaScript.

Syntax:

const arrayName = [element1, element2, element3];

Example: This example shows the different types of array declaration.

Javascript




// Number array
const numbers = [56, 74, 32, 45];
 
// String array
const courses = ["Javascript",
    "Python", "Java"];
 
// Empty array
const empty = [];
 
// Multidimensional array
const matrix = [
    [0, 1],
    [2, 3],
];
console.log(numbers);
console.log(courses);
console.log(empty);
console.log(matrix);


Output

[ 56, 74, 32, 45 ]
[ 'Javascript', 'Python', 'Java' ]
[]
[ [ 0, 1 ], [ 2, 3 ] ]

How to Declare an Array in JavaScript ?

In Javascript, Arrays can contain any type of data, numbers, strings, booleans, objects, etc. But typically all elements are of the same type.

Arrays can be single-dimensional with one level of elements, or multi-dimensional with nested arrays.

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