function API: function.length (with ES5 features)

The property function.length indicates the number of parameters a function expects

GIVEN we read the length from a bound function

WHEN binding a function with 3 parameters THEN the bound value has still a length of 3

const fn = function(a, b, c) {}; const boundFn = fn.____(null); assert.equal(boundFn.length, 3);

WHEN binding a function (that expects three parameters) with one parameter THEN the length will reduced by 1, it will be 2

const fn = function(a, b, c) {}; const boundFn = fn.bind(null, 1, 2, 3); assert.equal(boundFn.length, 2);

Links

mdn docs The MDN docs about `length`.
spec The ECMAScript Language Specification, 5 Edition, Section 15.3.5.1.

Required Knowledge

• `function.bind()` (function API)

Related Katas

function API

• function.length (as introduced in ES1)
• function.bind()
• function.length (with ES5 features)
• function.length (with ES6 features)
• function.name

Arrow functions

• basics
• function binding

Async Function

• basics

Difficulty Level

BEGINNER

First Published

18 October 2023

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