Destructure with Defaults

Data Structures, Operators & Stringsmedium

Course · Section 9: Data Structures, Modern Operators and Strings · Lecture 111: The Spread Operator (...)

Implement `parseCoords(arr)` returning `{ x, y }` from the first two elements, defaulting missing values to `0`.

Input: parseCoords([1,2])

Output: {"x":1,"y":2}

Input: parseCoords([5])

Output: {"x":5,"y":0}

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Destructuring with defaults fills x and y, supplying 0 where the array is short.

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