Question

How do I append an object (such as a string or number) to an array in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Use the Array.prototype.push method to append values to the end of an array:

// initialize array var arr = [   'Hi',   'Hello',   'Bonjour' ];  // append new value to the array arr.push('Hola');  console.log(arr);

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You can use the push() function to append more than one value to an array in a single call:

// initialize array var arr = ['Hi', 'Hello', 'Bonjour', 'Hola'];  // append multiple values to the array arr.push('Salut', 'Hey');  // display all values for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {   console.log(arr[i]); }

Note that the push() method returns the updated length of the array.

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Update

If you want to add the items of one array to another array, you can use firstArray.concat(secondArray):

var arr = [   'apple',   'banana',   'cherry' ];  // Do not forget to assign the result as, unlike push, concat does not change the existing array arr = arr.concat([   'dragonfruit',   'elderberry',   'fig' ]);  console.log(arr);

Update

Just an addition to this answer if you want to prepend any value to the start of an array (i.e. first index) then you can use Array.prototype.unshift for this purpose.

var arr = [1, 2, 3]; arr.unshift(0); console.log(arr);

It also supports appending multiple values at once just like push.

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Update

Another way with ES6 syntax is to return a new array with the spread syntax. This leaves the original array unchanged, but returns a new array with new items appended or prepended, compliant with the spirit of functional programming.

const arr = [   'Hi',   'Hello',   'Bonjour', ];  const newArr1 = [   ...arr,   'Salut', ]; const newArr2 = [   'Salut',   ...arr, ];  console.log(newArr1, newArr2);