My query involves a function written in Javascipt that generates an array of variable size. How can I properly declare and assign a variable in the calling function to handle this array and carry out additional operations on it?
function myArrayFunction()
{
const myArray = []; //Starting with an empty array
var x = 0; //Initializing array index
for (let i = 0 ; i < 6 ; i++) {
myArray[x] = i * 2; //A simple function that doubles 'i' and assigns the result to an index in the array
}
return myArray; //Expecting a 6-element array as output
}
const myOtherArray = []; //The array where the returned value from myArrayFunction() will be stored
myOtherArray = myArrayFunction();
Issue encountered: Debugging Scripts.array declaration error - invalid assignment to const `myOtherArray'. What is causing this problem?
I have experimented with using const, let, and var keywords to initialize an empty array value.
I had assumed that the variable being passed out from the function would automatically be assigned to the variable within the calling function.
Revised Code
Below is the updated code featuring a console.log statement within a secondary loop. The expected outcome is for the function to iterate back through 'myArray' and print out each element located at its 6 index positions.
function myArrayFunction()
{
const myArray = []; //Empty Array Initialization
var x = 0; //Array Index Definition
for (let i = 0 ; i < 6 ; i++) {
myArray[x] = i * 2; //Basic function
}
for (i = 0; i < 6; i++) { //Iterate over the array
console.log(myArray[x]);
}
return myArray; //Anticipating a 6-element array
}
let myOtherArray = []; //Array to store the returned array
myOtherArray = myArrayFunction();
console.log(myOtherArray);Upon running this code, only the last number (10) is displayed instead of an array containing 6 numbers. What could be causing this discrepancy?