How to add element in array using functions with javascript

Question

I'm trying to add element using javascript in array but I couldn't add more than one element for example

 var myArr = []; function Items(content) { myArr.push(content); } Items("item1", "item2", "item3"); 

or something like that

 var myArr = []; function Items(content){ for(var i=0;i<myArr.length;i++){ myArr.push(content); } } Items("item1","item2","item3"); 

it returns empty.

How do i add element in array with javascript using functions ?

Answer 1

Your first example is correct as far as it goes, but since you're passing multiple arguments, you need to declare multiple parameters to receive them in, and use them:

 var myArr = []; function Items(item1, item2, item3) { // *** Note parameters myArr.push(item1, item2, item3); // *** Using them } Items("item1", "item2", "item3"); console.log(myArr); 

Alternately, you could pass in an array:

 var myArr = []; function Items(items) { // ES2015+ spread notation myArr.push(...items); // Or ES5 and earlier: // myArr.push.apply(myArr, items); } Items(["item1", "item2", "item3"]); // ^-------------------------^---- note passing in an array console.log(myArr); 

More about spread notation here .

If you want to accept discrete arguments of any length, in ES2015+ you'd use a rest parameter :

 var myArr = []; function Items(...items) { myArr.push(...items); } Items("item1", "item2", "item3"); console.log(myArr); 

In ES5 and earlier, you'd use arguments :

 var myArr = []; function Items() { myArr.push.apply(myArr, arguments); } Items("item1", "item2", "item3"); console.log(myArr); 

Answer 2

You are only pushing the first argument content which represents "item1" , you need to pass all the arguments (you can use the reserved keyword arguments to access all the passed arguments), if you are using ES6 you can just use myArr.push(...arguments) , if not you can use the following code:

 var myArr = []; function Items(){ myArr.push.apply(myArr, arguments); } Items("item1","item2","item3"); console.log(myArr);