Accessing Arguments Using the Arguments Object


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Every function has an object called the arguments object. This is an object that contains all the arguments that were passed to the function. The example below shows how to access these. Very rarely used but useful to know. Note: it may look like an array, but it's better to think of it as an object with numbered properties.


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  1. function containerScope(){
  2. var a = [];
  3. var b = {};
  4. var c = true;
  5. var d = 22;
  6. function argumentsObject(a, b, c, d){
  7. console.log(arguments.length);
  8. console.log(arguments[0]);//Array
  9. console.log(arguments[1]);//Object
  10. console.log(arguments[2]);//true
  11. console.log(arguments[3]);//22
  12. arguments[3] = 55;//I have now changed d as well!
  13. console.log(arguments[3]);
  14. console.log(d);
  15. }
  16. argumentsObject(a, b, c, d);
  17. }

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