Function: length

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This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.

The length data property of a Function instance indicates the number of parameters expected by the function.

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Value

A number.

Property attributes of Function: length
Writable no
Enumerable no
Configurable yes

Description

A Function object's length property indicates how many arguments the function expects, i.e. the number of formal parameters:

By contrast, arguments.length is local to a function and provides the number of arguments actually passed to the function.

The Function constructor is itself a Function object. Its length data property has a value of 1.

Due to historical reasons, Function.prototype is a callable itself. The length property of Function.prototype has a value of 0.

Examples

Using function length

js
console.log(Function.length); // 1

console.log((() => {}).length); // 0
console.log(((a) => {}).length); // 1
console.log(((a, b) => {}).length); // 2 etc.

console.log(((...args) => {}).length);
// 0, rest parameter is not counted

console.log(((a, b = 1, c) => {}).length);
// 1, only parameters before the first one with
// a default value are counted

console.log((({ a, b }, [c, d]) => {}).length);
// 2, destructuring patterns each count as
// a single parameter

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-function-instances-length

Browser compatibility

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