why inline `push()` doesn't work on new created array?

Question

I am creating an Array with length of 1,000,000 and filling it with 1 like this:

const bigArray = Array.from({ length: 1000000 }, () => 1);

when I push a new item to that Array just inline as bellow, Nodejs logs an error:

 // This rise an TypeError: bigArray.push is not a function const bigArray = Array.from({ length: 1000000 }, () => 1).push(3);

 // Although this one works right const bigArray = Array.from({ length: 1000000 }, () => 1); bigArray.push(3)

Answer 1

According to MDN , Array#push returns the new length of the array, not the array itself:

Return value
The new length property of the object upon which the method was called.

The code you provided works in any node engine otherwise.

Answer 2

As an alternative to that approach to keep things in one assignment, you could spread the array into a new array:

const bigArray = [...Array.from({ length: 1000000 }, () => 1), 3];