August 05, 2017

Be careful call backing array.fill()

Imagine filling out an empty 2d array with this

let emptyTwoD = Array(3).fill(Array(3).fill(""));
// emptyTwoD = [['','','']['','','']['','','']]

// tring to change on spot
emptyTwoD[1][1] = 3;
// emptyTwoD = [['', 3,'']['', 3,'']['', 3,'']]

wtf? I just assigned once!

better use map instead

let emptyTwoD = Array(3)
	.fill("")
	.map((e) => Array(3).fill(""));

emptyTwoD[1][1] = 3;
// emptyTwoD = [['','','']['', 3,'']['', '','']]