Name
arguments[ ] — an array of function arguments
Availability
JavaScript 1.1; JScript 2.0; ECMAScript v1
Synopsis
arguments
Description
The arguments[]
array is defined only within a function body. Within the body of a
function, arguments
refers to the Arguments object
for the function. This object has numbered properties and serves as
an array containing all arguments passed to the function. The
arguments
identifier is essentially a local
variable automatically declared and initialized within every
function. It refers to an Arguments object only within the body of a
function and is undefined in global code.
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