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Get a function's arity

Say I have:

function a(x) {};
function b(x,y) {};

I want to write a function called numberOfParameters that returns the number of parameters that a function normally accepts. So…

numberOfParameters(a) // returns 1
numberOfParameters(b) // returns 2

Answer 1

function f(x) { }
function g(x, y) { }

function param(f) { return f.length; }

param(f); // 1
param(g); // 2

Disclaimer: This should only be used for debugging and auto documentation. Relying on the number of parameters that a function has in it’s definition in actual code is a smell.

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