Listing Things
At times it’s quite handy to be able to describe a list of things. In JavaScript, lists are made with square brackets. A list of amazing movies might look something like this:
| | var amazing_movies = [ |
| | 'Star Wars', |
| | 'The Empire Strikes Back', |
| | 'Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark' |
| | ]; |
The things in the list can be any of the kinds of things that we have talked about so far: strings, numbers, Booleans. It is even possible to make a list with various types of things:
| | // Don't do this: |
| | var useless_list = [ |
| | true, |
| | 3.14, |
| | 'OK' |
| | ]; |
But don’t do that. It’s silly. Just like in real life, computer lists should contain the same kinds of things. It wouldn’t make sense to include your favorite color, the time ...
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