Weird behaviour of “new Array()” in Javascript?

When I’m playing around with Javascript arrays, I have noticed some weird behavior of an array constructor. Let’s look into it deeply.

How to create a JavaScript Array?
In Javascript, we can create an array using either

• Array literals or
• Array Constructor

Let’s start with the best way: Array Literals
I as a developer, regularly use this way:

Well, this is pretty much easy and we don’t have any problem with this way. Now, let’s look into another way: Array constructor

Did you find anything awkward? YES.

Here var arr = new Array(3);   gives an empty array with length 3, instead of an array with a single element.

To get over this problem, ES6 Introduced a new method Array.of()

The Array.of() method creates a new Array instance with specified number of arguments, regardless of number or type of the arguments.
The difference between Array.of() and the Array constructor is in the handling of integer arguments:

Note: This implies an array of 7 empty slots, not slots with actual undefined values.

Happy Coding 🙂