Spread operator

The spread operator can be used to initialize arrays and objects from another array or object:

let originalArr1 = [ 1, 2, 3]; 
let originalArr2 = [ 4, 5, 6]; 
let copyArr = [...originalArr1]; 
let mergedArr = [...originalArr1, ...originalArr2]; 
let newObjArr = [...originalArr1, 7, 8]; 

The preceding code snippet showcases the usage of the spread operator with arrays, while the following code snippet showcases its usage with object literals:

let originalObj1 = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3}; 
let originalObj2 = {d: 4, e: 5, f: 6}; 
let copyObj = {...originalObj1}; 
let mergedObj = {...originalObj1, ...originalObj2}; 
let newObjObj = {... originalObj1, g: 7, h: 8}; 

The spread operator can also be used to expand to an expression into multiple arguments (in function calls), but we will skip that use case for now.