Baseline Widely available
The length
data property of a Function
instance indicates the number of parameters expected by the function.
function func1() {}
function func2(a, b) {}
console.log(func1.length);
// Expected output: 0
console.log(func2.length);
// Expected output: 2
Value
A number.
Writable no Enumerable no Configurable yes DescriptionA Function
object's length
property indicates how many arguments the function expects, i.e., the number of formal parameters:
By contrast, arguments.length
is local to a function and provides the number of arguments actually passed to the function.
The Function
constructor is itself a Function
object. Its length
data property has a value of 1
.
Due to historical reasons, Function.prototype
is a callable itself. The length
property of Function.prototype
has a value of 0
.
console.log(Function.length); // 1
console.log((() => {}).length); // 0
console.log(((a) => {}).length); // 1
console.log(((a, b) => {}).length); // 2 etc.
console.log(((...args) => {}).length);
// 0, rest parameter is not counted
console.log(((a, b = 1, c) => {}).length);
// 1, only parameters before the first one with
// a default value are counted
console.log((({ a, b }, [c, d]) => {}).length);
// 2, destructuring patterns each count as
// a single parameter
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