Use Destructuring Assignment with the Rest Parameter to Reassign Array Elements2547

[manbodhclaude]

Hello, I’m using destructuring with the rest parameter in order to return an array excluding the first two elements of the original array. The error I am getting is that variable (a) is undefined. Can someone lead me on the proper path as to how to define variable (a) and (b) because in the course reading I see they structured the code the same way I am writing it so I figured to just try to mirror the same structure if that makes sense.

//My Code

const source = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];

function removeFirstTwo(list) {
const arr = [a, b, ...list]; 
return arr;                                                                 //<---- Getting error because (a) is undefined
}
const arr = removeFirstTwo(source);
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

//course example

const [a, b, ...arr] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7];
console.log(a, b);
console.log(arr);
//The console would display the values 1, 2 and [3, 4, 5, 7].
//--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Since my first attempt said that Variable (a) was undefined I tried this below but it //does not work either.

const source = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10];

function removeFirstTwo(list) {
  let a = source[0];
  let b = source[1];
let arr = [a, b, ...list]; 
return arr;
}
const arr = removeFirstTwo(source);

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Challenge: Use Destructuring Assignment with the Rest Parameter to Reassign Array Elements

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[dlaub3]

This

@manbodhclaude

const arr = [a, b, ...list];

is not the same as this:

const [a, b, ...arr] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7];

When you use destructuring assignment you write it with the = at the end. const [foo] = anArrayOfThings;

[manbodhclaude]

ahh i see, thanks for the help I appreciate it!