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Pick the first and last items of an array

Written byPhuoc Nguyen
Created
17 May, 2021
Last updated
17 May, 2021
Category
Tip
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JavaScript
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PixelT
If you want to receive the first and last items of a given array, you might think of the common way as following:
const length = arr.length;
const first = arr[0];
const last = arr[arr.length - 1];
Because an array is also an object, the `length` property can be accessed with the destructuring syntax:
const { length } = arr;
Also, an array item at any position can be accessed with its index. Hence, we can shorten three lines at the top with a single line:
const { length, 0: first, [length - 1]: last } = arr;

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