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I have a JavaScript array dataArray which I want to push into a new array newArray. Except I don't want newArray[0] to be dataArray. I want to push in all the items into the new array:

var newArray = [];

newArray.pushValues(dataArray1);
newArray.pushValues(dataArray2);
// ...

or even better:

var newArray = new Array (
   dataArray1.values(),
   dataArray2.values(),
   // ... where values() (or something equivalent) would push the individual values into the array, rather than the array itself
);

So now the new array contains all the values of the individual data arrays. Is there some shorthand like pushValues available so I don't have to iterate over each individual dataArray, adding the items one by one?

I have a JavaScript array dataArray which I want to push into a new array newArray. Except I don't want newArray[0] to be dataArray. I want to push in all the items into the new array:

var newArray = [];

newArray.pushValues(dataArray1);
newArray.pushValues(dataArray2);
// ...

or even better:

var newArray = new Array (
   dataArray1.values(),
   dataArray2.values(),
   // ... where values() (or something equivalent) would push the individual values into the array, rather than the array itself
);

So now the new array contains all the values of the individual data arrays. Is there some shorthand like pushValues available so I don't have to iterate over each individual dataArray, adding the items one by one?

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  • See this url stackoverflow.com/questions/351409/appending-to-array – Jakir Hossain Commented Jan 10, 2016 at 10:50
  • This should be the answer davidwalsh.name/combining-js-arrays – starikovs Commented Sep 22, 2017 at 8:24
  • Does this answer your question? How to merge two arrays in JavaScript and de-duplicate items – HackerMan Commented Jan 15, 2020 at 7:06
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Use the concat function, like so:

var arrayA = [1, 2];
var arrayB = [3, 4];
var newArray = arrayA.concat(arrayB);

The value of newArray will be [1, 2, 3, 4] (arrayA and arrayB remain unchanged; concat creates and returns a new array for the result).

In ECMAScript 6, you can use the Spread syntax:

let arr1 = [0, 1, 2];
let arr2 = [3, 4, 5];
arr1.push(...arr2);

console.log(arr1)

Spread syntax is available in all major browsers (that excludes IE11). For the current compatibility, see this (continuously updated) compatibility table.

However, see Jack Giffin's reply below for more comments on performance. It seems concat is still better and faster than the spread operator.

Provided your arrays are not huge (see caveat below), you can use the push() method of the array to which you wish to append values. push() can take multiple parameters so you can use its apply() method to pass the array of values to be pushed as a list of function parameters. This has the advantage over using concat() of adding elements to the array in place rather than creating a new array.

However, it seems that for large arrays (of the order of 100,000 members or more), this trick can fail. For such arrays, using a loop is a better approach. See https://stackoverflow.com/a/17368101/96100 for details.

var newArray = [];
newArray.push.apply(newArray, dataArray1);
newArray.push.apply(newArray, dataArray2);

You might want to generalize this into a function:

function pushArray(arr, arr2) {
    arr.push.apply(arr, arr2);
}

... or add it to Array's prototype:

Array.prototype.pushArray = function(arr) {
    this.push.apply(this, arr);
};

var newArray = [];
newArray.pushArray(dataArray1);
newArray.pushArray(dataArray2);

... or emulate the original push() method by allowing multiple parameters using the fact that concat(), like push(), allows multiple parameters:

Array.prototype.pushArray = function() {
    this.push.apply(this, this.concat.apply([], arguments));
};

var newArray = [];
newArray.pushArray(dataArray1, dataArray2);

Here's a loop-based version of the last example, suitable for large arrays and all major browsers, including IE <= 8:

Array.prototype.pushArray = function() {
    var toPush = this.concat.apply([], arguments);
    for (var i = 0, len = toPush.length; i < len; ++i) {
        this.push(toPush[i]);
    }
};

Found an elegant way from MDN

var vegetables = ['parsnip', 'potato'];
var moreVegs = ['celery', 'beetroot'];

// Merge the second array into the first one
// Equivalent to vegetables.push('celery', 'beetroot');
Array.prototype.push.apply(vegetables, moreVegs);

console.log(vegetables); // ['parsnip', 'potato', 'celery', 'beetroot']

Or you can use the spread operator feature of ES6:

let fruits = [ 'apple', 'banana'];
const moreFruits = [ 'orange', 'plum' ];

fruits.push(...moreFruits); // ["apple", "banana", "orange", "plum"]

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