Hidden Features of JavaScript?

hidden-features, javascript

Solution

You don't need to define any parameters for a function. You can just use the function's `arguments` array-like object.

function sum() {
    var retval = 0;
    for (var i = 0, len = arguments.length; i < len; ++i) {
        retval += arguments[i];
    }
    return retval;
}

sum(1, 2, 3) // returns 6

Problem

What "Hidden Features" of JavaScript do you think every programmer should know? After having seen the excellent quality of the answers to the following questions I thought it was time to ask it for JavaScript. - Hidden Features of HTML - Hidden Features of CSS - Hidden Features of PHP - Hidden Features of ASP.NET - Hidden Features of C# - Hidden Features of Java - Hidden Features of Python Even though JavaScript is arguably the most important Client Side language right now (just ask Google) it's surprising how little most web developers appreciate how powerful it really is.

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