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javascriptarraysfor-loop
Guy
Guy

Reputation: 67260

JavaScript for loop syntax for array

I have seen the following style of writing a for loop in JavaScript a number of times:

for(var i=0, n=myArray.length; i<n; i++) {
// do something
}

what is the advantage of that over the following?

for(var i=0; i<myArray.length; i++) {
// do something
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 50

Answers (1)

Quentin
Quentin

Reputation: 943214

In theory, it only has to look up the length of myArray once, instead of each time it goes around the loop.

In practise, these days I believe browsers have JS engines smart enough to optimise the performance impact of that look up away.

Upvotes: 3

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