Diff Two Arrays - Understanding one of the solutions

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So after an hour I decided to check out the solutions. :sweat: I completely forgot what the meaning of ... is and I was hoping someone could point out a link I can read because this solution makes sense, but not knowing what ... means throws me off. I tried Googling it but couldn’t find anything. Is there a name for using ...? Thanks.

Your code so far


function diffArray(arr1, arr2) {

  var newArr = [...diff(arr1,arr2), ...diff(arr2,arr1)];
 
//check if element is in both arrays and remove it
function diff(x,y){
  return x.filter(e => y.indexOf(e) === -1);
}
  return newArr;
}

diffArray([1, 2, 3, 5], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

diffArray(["andesite", "grass", "dirt", "pink wool", "dead shrub"], ["diorite", "andesite", "grass", "dirt", "dead shrub"]);

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/intermediate-algorithm-scripting/diff-two-arrays

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It can either be the spread or the rest operator, depending on how it is used. In this case, it is being used as a spread operator. They are both part of ES6.

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