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# Variables


Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var g = 0;
g = 1 && g++;
console.log(g);

Q. What would be the output of following code?

console.log(employeeId);
var employeeId = "19000";
Answer

undefined

Q. console.log(employeeId);

Answer

ReferenceError: employeeId is not defined

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var a = 1.2;
console.log(typeof a); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const a = { msg: "Hi" };
const b = a;
b.msg = "Hello";

console.log(a, b);
Answer
{ msg: 'Hello' } { msg: 'Hello' }

Q. What is the output?

let text = "hello";
let text = "hello world";

console.log(text);
Answer
SyntaxError: Identifier 'text' has already been declared

Q. What is the output?

const text = "Hi";
text = "Hello";

console.log(text);
Answer
TypeError: Assignment to constant variable.

Q. What is the output?

console.log('The value of num is: ' + num);
Answer
ReferenceError: num is not defined

Q. What is the output?

console.log(num);
const num = 10;
Answer
ReferenceError: Cannot access 'num' before initialization

Q. What is the output?

var num = 8;
var num = 10;

console.log(num);
Answer

With the var keyword, you can declare multiple variables with the same name. The variable will then hold the latest value. You cannot do this with let or const since they're block-scoped.

Q. What is the output?

(() => {
  let x = (y = 10);
})();

console.log(typeof x);
console.log(typeof y);
Answer

let x = y = 10; is actually shorthand for:

y = 10;
let x = y;

When we set y equal to 10, we actually add a property y to the global object (window in browser, global in Node). In a browser, window.y is now equal to 10.

Then, we declare a variable x with the value of y, which is 10. Variables declared with the let keyword are block scoped, they are only defined within the block they're declared in; the immediately-invoked function (IIFE) in this case. When we use the typeof operator, the operand x is not defined: we are trying to access x outside of the block it's declared in. This means that x is not defined. Values who haven't been assigned a value or declared are of type "undefined". console.log(typeof x) returns "undefined".

However, we created a global variable y when setting y equal to 10. This value is accessible anywhere in our code. y is defined, and holds a value of type "number". console.log(typeof y) returns "number".

Q. What is the output?

const name = "Swarna";
age = 21;

console.log(delete name);
console.log(delete age);
Answer

The delete operator returns a boolean value: true on a successful deletion, else it'll return false. However, variables declared with the var, const or let keyword cannot be deleted using the delete operator.

The name variable was declared with a const keyword, so its deletion is not successful: false is returned. When we set age equal to 21, we actually added a property called age to the global object. You can successfully delete properties from objects this way, also the global object, so delete age returns true.

Q. What is the output?

const name = "Akhil Sunder";
console.log(name.padStart(13));
console.log(name.padStart(2));
Answer

With the padStart method, we can add padding to the beginning of a string. The value passed to this method is the total length of the string together with the padding. The string "Akhil Sunder" has a length of 12. name.padStart(13) inserts 1 space at the start of the string, because 12 + 1 is 13.

If the argument passed to the padStart method is smaller than the length of the array, no padding will be added.

Q. What is the output?

console.log(String.raw`Hello\nworld`);
Answer

String.raw returns a string where the escapes (\n, \v, \t etc.) are ignored! Backslashes can be an issue since you could end up with something like:

const path = `C:\Documents\Projects\table.html`

Which would result in:

"C:DocumentsProjects able.html"

With String.raw, it would simply ignore the escape and print:

C:\Documents\Projects\table.html

In this case, the string is Hello\nworld, which gets logged.

Q. What is the output?

const { name: myName } = { name: "Anusha Kapadia" };

console.log(name);
Answer

When we unpack the property name from the object on the right-hand side, we assign its value "Anusha Kapadia" to a variable with the name myName.

With { name: myName }, we tell JavaScript that we want to create a new variable called myName with the value of the name property on the right-hand side.

Since we try to log name, a variable that is not defined, a ReferenceError gets thrown.

Q. What is the output?

const name = "Anima Nagarajan";

console.log(name());
Answer

The variable name holds the value of a string, which is not a function, thus cannot invoke.

TypeErrors get thrown when a value is not of the expected type. JavaScript expected name to be a function since we're trying to invoke it. It was a string however, so a TypeError gets thrown: name is not a function!

SyntaxErrors get thrown when you've written something that isn't valid JavaScript, for example when you've written the word return as retrun. ReferenceErrors get thrown when JavaScript isn't able to find a reference to a value that you're trying to access.

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const num = 10;
console.log(Num);
Answer
ReferenceError: Num is not defined

# Operators


Q. What is the output?

console.log(isNaN(true));
Answer
false

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(false == "0"); 
console.log(false === "0");

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(0.1 + 0.2); 
console.log(0.1 + 0.2 == 0.3); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var x = 10;
if (x) {
  let x = 4;
}
console.log(x); 

Q. What is the output?

const numOne = 2;
const numTwo = 3;

const res = numOne ** numTwo;
console.log(res);
Answer

In the code below we calculate numOne to the power of numTwo with the Exponential operator **. Then, the console.log() statement checks whether the result of this calculation equals 8. Change the code so that the console.log() statement logs true.

8

Q. What is the output?

let number = 0;
console.log(number++);
console.log(++number);
console.log(number);
Answer

The postfix unary operator ++:

  1. Returns the value (this returns 0)
  2. Increments the value (number is now 1)

The prefix unary operator ++:

  1. Increments the value (number is now 2)
  2. Returns the value (this returns 2)

This returns 0 2 2.

Q. What is the output?

let num = 10;

const increaseNumber = () => num++;
const increasePassedNumber = (number) => number++;

const num1 = increaseNumber();
const num2 = increasePassedNumber(num1);

console.log(num1);
console.log(num2);
Answer

The unary operator ++ first returns the value of the operand, then increments the value of the operand. The value of num1 is 10, since the increaseNumber function first returns the value of num, which is 10, and only increments the value of num afterwards.

num2 is 10, since we passed num1 to the increasePassedNumber. number is equal to 10(the value of num1. Again, the unary operator ++ first returns the value of the operand, then increments the value of the operand. The value of number is 10, so num2 is equal to 10.

Q. What is the output?

+true;
!"Mala Pall";
Answer

The unary plus tries to convert an operand to a number. true is 1, and false is 0.

The string 'Mala Pall' is a truthy value. What we're actually asking, is "is this truthy value falsy?". This returns false.

Q. What is the output?

let a = 3;
let b = new Number(3);
let c = 3;

console.log(a == b);
console.log(a === b);
console.log(b === c);
Answer

new Number() is a built-in function constructor. Although it looks like a number, it's not really a number: it has a bunch of extra features and is an object.

When we use the == operator, it only checks whether it has the same value. They both have the value of 3, so it returns true.

However, when we use the === operator, both value and type should be the same. It's not: new Number() is not a number, it's an object. Both return false.

Q. Which of these values are falsy?

0;
new Number(0);
("");
(" ");
new Boolean(false);
undefined;
Answer

There are only six falsy values:

  • undefined
  • null
  • NaN
  • 0
  • '' (empty string)
  • false

Function constructors, like new Number and new Boolean are truthy.

Q. What is the output?

console.log(typeof typeof 1);
Answer
`typeof 1` returns `"number"`.
`typeof "number"` returns `"string"`

Q. What is the output?

!!null;
!!"";
!!1;
Answer

null is falsy. !null returns true. !true returns false.

"" is falsy. !"" returns true. !true returns false.

1 is truthy. !1 returns false. !false returns true.

Q. What is the output?

const info = {
  [Symbol("a")]: "b",
};

console.log(info);
console.log(Object.keys(info));
Answer

A Symbol is not enumerable. The Object.keys method returns all enumerable key properties on an object. The Symbol won't be visible, and an empty array is returned. When logging the entire object, all properties will be visible, even non-enumerable ones.

This is one of the many qualities of a symbol: besides representing an entirely unique value (which prevents accidental name collision on objects, for example when working with 2 libraries that want to add properties to the same object), you can also "hide" properties on objects this way (although not entirely. You can still access symbols using the Object.getOwnPropertySymbols() method).

Q. What is the value of output?

const one = false || {} || null;
const two = null || false || "";
const three = [] || 0 || true;

console.log(one, two, three);
Answer

With the || operator, we can return the first truthy operand. If all values are falsy, the last operand gets returned.

(false || {} || null): the empty object {} is a truthy value. This is the first (and only) truthy value, which gets returned. one is equal to {}.

(null || false || ""): all operands are falsy values. This means that the past operand, "" gets returned. two is equal to "".

([] || 0 || ""): the empty array[] is a truthy value. This is the first truthy value, which gets returned. three is equal to [].

Q. What is the value of output?

const output = `${[] && "Im"}possible!
You should${"" && `n't`} see a therapist after so much JavaScript lol`;
Answer

[] is a truthy value. With the && operator, the right-hand value will be returned if the left-hand value is a truthy value. In this case, the left-hand value [] is a truthy value, so "Im' gets returned.

"" is a falsy value. If the left-hand value is falsy, nothing gets returned. n\'t doesn't get returned.

Q. What is the output?

console.log(`${((x) => x)("I love")} to program`);
Answer

Expressions within template literals are evaluated first. This means that the string will contain the returned value of the expression, the immediately invoked function (x => x)('I love') in this case. We pass the value 'I love' as an argument to the x => x arrow function. x is equal to 'I love', which gets returned. This results in I love to program.

Q. Predict the output

if(2 == true) 

if(2 == false)
Answer
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const length = 4;
const numbers = [];

for (var i = 0; i < length; i++);
{
  numbers.push(i + 1);
}

console.log(numbers);
Answer
[ 5 ]

# Numbers


Q. What is the value of num?

const num = parseInt("7*6", 10);
Answer

Only the first numbers in the string is returned. Based on the radix (the second argument in order to specify what type of number we want to parse it to: base 10, hexadecimal, octal, binary, etc.), the parseInt checks whether the characters in the string are valid. Once it encounters a character that isn't a valid number in the radix, it stops parsing and ignores the following characters.

* is not a valid number. It only parses "7" into the decimal 7. num now holds the value of 7.

Q. What is the output?

console.log(Number(2) === Number(2));
console.log(Boolean(false) === Boolean(false));
console.log(Symbol("foo") === Symbol("foo"));
Answer

Every Symbol is entirely unique. The purpose of the argument passed to the Symbol is to give the Symbol a description. The value of the Symbol is not dependent on the passed argument. As we test equality, we are creating two entirely new symbols: the first Symbol('foo'), and the second Symbol('foo'). These two values are unique and not equal to each other, Symbol('foo') === Symbol('foo') returns false.

# Strings


Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(1 + -"1" + 2); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var result;
for (var i = 5; i > 0; i--) {
  result = result + i;
}
console.log(result); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(+"Hello"); 

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

console.log(eval("10 + 10")); 

console.log(eval("5 + 5" + 10)); 

console.log(eval("5 + 5 + 5" + 10)); 

console.log(eval(10 + "5 + 5")); 

console.log(eval(10 + "5 + 5 + 5")); 

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var x = 10;
var y = 20;
var a = eval("x * y") + "<br>";
var b = eval("2 + 2") + "<br>";
var c = eval("x + 30") + "<br>";

let result = a + b + c;
console.log(result); 

Q. What is value of sum?

const sum = eval("10*10+5");
Answer

eval evaluates codes that's passed as a string. If it's an expression, like in this case, it evaluates the expression. The expression is 10 * 10 + 5. This returns the number 105.

Q. What is the value of foo?

var foo = 10 + "20";
Answer

'1020', because of type coercion from Number to String

Q. What would be the result of 1+2+'3'?

Answer

The output is going to be 33. Since 1 and 2 are numeric values, the result of first two digits is going to be a numeric value 3. The next digit is a string type value because of that the addition of numeric value 3 and string type value 3 is just going to be a concatenation value 33.

Q. What value is returned from the following statement?

"i'm a lasagna hog".split("").reverse().join("");
Answer

It's actually a reverse method for a string - 'goh angasal a m\'i'

Q. What is the value of foo?

var foo = 10 + "20";
Answer

'1020', because of type coercion from Number to String

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var strA = "hi there";
var strB = strA;
strB = "bye there!";
console.log(strA);
Answer

The output will 'hi there' because we're dealing with strings here. Strings are passed by value, that is, copied.

Q. What is the output?

console.log(3 + 4 + "5");
Answer

Operator associativity is the order in which the compiler evaluates the expressions, either left-to-right or right-to-left. This only happens if all operators have the same precedence. We only have one type of operator: +. For addition, the associativity is left-to-right.

3 + 4 gets evaluated first. This results in the number 7.

7 + '5' results in "75" because of coercion. JavaScript converts the number 7 into a string, see question 15. We can concatenate two strings using the +operator. "7" + "5" results in "75".

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

let a = "7" + 3 + 2;
let b = 7 + 3 + "2";

console.log(a, b);
Answer
732 
102

# Arrays


Q. What is the output?

console.log(typeof [1, [2, [3, [4, [5, 6]]]]][0]);
Answer
number

Q. What does this return?

[..."Inika "];
Answer

A string is an iterable. The spread operator maps every character of an iterable to one element.

Q. What is the output?

const numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
const [y] = numbers;

console.log(y);
Answer

We can unpack values from arrays or properties from objects through destructuring. For example:

[a, b] = [1, 2];

The value of a is now 1, and the value of b is now 2. What we actually did in the question, is:

[y] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

This means that the value of y is equal to the first value in the array, which is the number 1. When we log y, 1 is returned.

Q. What is the output?

const list = [1 + 2, 1 * 2, 1 / 2];
console.log(list);
Answer

Array elements can hold any value. Numbers, strings, objects, other arrays, null, boolean values, undefined, and other expressions such as dates, functions, and calculations.

The element will be equal to the returned value. 1 + 2 returns 3, 1 * 2 returns 2, and 1 / 2 returns 0.5.

Q. What is the output?

[
  [0, 1],
  [2, 3],
].reduce(
  (acc, cur) => {
    return acc.concat(cur);
  },
  [1, 2]
);
Answer

[1, 2] is our initial value. This is the value we start with, and the value of the very first acc. During the first round, acc is [1,2], and cur is [0, 1]. We concatenate them, which results in [1, 2, 0, 1].

Then, [1, 2, 0, 1] is acc and [2, 3] is cur. We concatenate them, and get [1, 2, 0, 1, 2, 3]

Q. What is the output?

const numbers = [1, 2, 3];
numbers[10] = 11;
console.log(numbers);
Answer

When you set a value to an element in an array that exceeds the length of the array, JavaScript creates something called "empty slots". These actually have the value of undefined, but you will see something like:

[1, 2, 3, 7 x empty, 11]

depending on where you run it (it's different for every browser, node, etc.)

Q. What is the value of foo.length?

var foo = [];
foo.push(1);
foo.push(2);
Answer

.push is mutable - 2

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var greet = "Hello World";
  var toGreet = [].filter.call(greet, function (element, index) {
    return index > 5;
  });
  console.log(toGreet);
})();
Answer

[ 'W', 'o', 'r', 'l', 'd' ]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var arrayNumb = [2, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42];
  arrayNumb.sort();
  console.log(arrayNumb);
})();
Answer
[ 15, 16, 2, 23, 42, 8 ]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var list = ["foo", "bar", "john"];
  console.log(list.splice(1));
  console.log(list.splice(1, 2));
  console.log(list);
})();
Answer

[ 'bar', 'john' ] [] [ 'foo' ]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var list = ["foo", "bar", "john", "ritz"];
  console.log(list.slice(1));
  console.log(list.slice(1, 3));
  console.log(list.slice());
  console.log(list.slice(2, 2));
  console.log(list);
})();
Answer

[ 'bar', 'john', 'ritz' ] [ 'bar', 'john' ] [ 'foo', 'bar', 'john', 'ritz' ] [] [ 'foo', 'bar', 'john', 'ritz' ]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var containers = [2, 0, false, "", "12", true];
  var containers = containers.filter(Boolean);
  console.log(containers);
  var containers = containers.filter(Number);
  console.log(containers);
  var containers = containers.filter(String);
  console.log(containers);
  var containers = containers.filter(Object);
  console.log(containers);
})();
Answer

[ 2, '12', true ] [ 2, '12', true ] [ 2, '12', true ] [ 2, '12', true ]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var numbers = [2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 11, 13, 12, 16];
  var even = numbers.filter(function (element, index) {
    return element % 2 === 0;
  });
  console.log(even);

  var containsDivisibleby3 = numbers.some(function (element, index) {
    return element % 3 === 0;
  });

  console.log(containsDivisibleby3);
})();
Answer

[ 2, 4, 8, 12, 16 ] true

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
  console.log(array.indexOf(2));
  console.log(array.indexOf(2, 3));
  console.log(array.indexOf(2, 10));
})();
Answer

1 6 -1

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var animal = ["cow", "horse"];
  animal.push("cat");
  animal.unshift("dog", "rat", "goat");
  console.log(animal);
})();
Answer

[ 'dog', 'rat', 'goat', 'cow', 'horse', 'cat' ]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
  console.log(array.indexOf(2));
  console.log([{ name: "John" }, { name: "John" }].indexOf({ name: "John" }));
  console.log([[1], [2], [3], [4]].indexOf([3]));
  console.log("abcdefgh".indexOf("e"));
})();
Answer
  1. 1 -1 -1 4

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var animal = ["cow", "horse"];
  animal.push("cat");
  animal.push("dog", "rat", "goat");
  console.log(animal.length);
})();
Answer
6

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var array = new Array("a", "b", "c", "d", "e");
  array[10] = "f";
  delete array[10];
  console.log(array.length);
})();
Answer
11

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var array1 = [];
  var array2 = new Array(100);
  var array3 = new Array(["1", 2, "3", 4, 5.6]);
  console.log(array1);
  console.log(array2);
  console.log(array3);
  console.log(array3.length);
})();
Answer
[] [] [Array[5]] 1

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var array = new Array("100");
  console.log(array);
  console.log(array.length);
})();
Answer
["100"] 1

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var arrA = [
  { prop1: "value of array A!!" },
  { someProp: "also value of array A!" },
  3,
  4,
  5,
];
var arrB = arrA.slice();
arrB[0].prop1 = 42;
arrB[3] = 20;
console.log(arrA);
Answer

The output will be [{prop1: 42}, {someProp: "also value of array A!"}, 3,4,5].

The slice function copies all the elements of the array returning the new array. However, it doesn't do deep copying. Instead it does shallow copying. You can imagine slice implemented like this:

function slice(arr) {
  var result = [];
  for (i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
    result.push(arr[i]);
  }
  return result;
}

Look at the line with result.push(arr[i]). If arr[i] happens to be a number or string, it will be passed by value, in other words, copied. If arr[i] is an object, it will be passed by reference.

In case of our array arr[0] is an object {prop1: "value of array A!!"}. Only the reference to this object will be copied. This effectively means that arrays arrA and arrB share first two elements.

This is why changing the property of arrB[0] in arrB will also change the arrA[0].

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var arrA = [
  { prop1: "value of array A!!" },
  { someProp: "also value of array A!" },
  3,
  4,
  5,
];
var arrB = arrA;
arrB[0].prop1 = 42;
console.log(arrA);
Answer

The output will be [{prop1: 42}, {someProp: "also value of array A!"}, 3,4,5].

Arrays are object in JS, so both varaibles arrA and arrB point to the same array. Changing arrB[0] is the same as changing arrA[0]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var arrA = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var arrB = arrA.slice();
arrB[0] = 42;
console.log(arrA);
Answer

The output will be [0,1,2,3,4,5].

The slice function copies all the elements of the array returning the new array. That's why arrA and arrB reference two completely different arrays.

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var arrA = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var arrB = arrA;
arrB[0] = 42;
console.log(arrA);
Answer

The output will be [42,1,2,3,4,5].

Arrays are object in JavaScript and they are passed and assigned by reference. This is why both arrA and arrB point to the same array [0,1,2,3,4,5]. That's why changing the first element of the arrB will also modify arrA: it's the same array in the memory.

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var trees = ["xyz", "xxxx", "test", "ryan", "apple"];
delete trees[3];
console.log(trees.length);
Answer

The code above will output 5 as output. When we used delete operator for deleting an array element then, the array length is not affected by this. This holds even if you deleted all elements of an array using delete operator.

So when delete operator removes an array element that deleted element is no longer present in the array. In place of value at deleted index undefined x 1 in chrome and undefined is placed at the index. If you do console.log(trees) output ["xyz", "xxxx", "test", undefined × 1, "apple"] in Chrome and in Firefox ["xyz", "xxxx", "test", undefined, "apple"].

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var arr = ["javascript", "typescript", "es6"];

var searchValue = (value) => {
  return arr.filter((item) => {
    return item.indexOf(value) > -1;
  });
};

console.log(searchValue("script"));

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

const arr = [1, 2];
arr.push(3); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const arr = [10, 20, 30];
arr.push(40);  
console.log(arr)

const arr1 = [10, 20, 30];
arr1 = []; 
console.log(arr1) 

const arr2 = [10, 20, 30];
arr2[2] = 50; 
console.log(arr2) 
Answer
[10, 20, 30, 40]
Error
[10, 20, 50]

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

let a = [1, 2, 3];
let b = [4, 5, 6];

console.log(a + b);
Answer
1, 2, 34, 5, 6

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

let a = [1, 2, 3, 4];
let b = a;
let c = [...a];

b.splice(3, 1);

console.log(a, b, c);
Answer
[ 1, 2, 3 ] 
[ 1, 2, 3 ] 
[ 1, 2, 3, 4 ]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var arrayNumb = [2, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42];
  Array.prototype.sort = function (a, b) {
    return a - b;
  };
  arrayNumb.sort();
  console.log(arrayNumb);
})();

(function () {
  var numberArray = [2, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42];
  numberArray.sort(function (a, b) {
    if (a == b) {
      return 0;
    } else {
      return a < b ? -1 : 1;
    }
  });
  console.log(numberArray);
})();

(function () {
  var numberArray = [2, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42];
  numberArray.sort(function (a, b) {
    return a - b;
  });
  console.log(numberArray);
})();
Answer

[ 2, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 ] [ 2, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 ] [ 2, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 ]

Q. What will the following code output?

const arr = [10, 12, 15, 21];
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  setTimeout(function () {
    console.log("Index: " + i + ", element: " + arr[i]);
  }, 3000);
}

Q. Fix the bug using ES5 only?

var arr = [10, 32, 65, 2];
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  setTimeout(function () {
    console.log("The index of this number is: " + i);
  }, 3000);
}
Answer

For ES6, you can just replace var i with let i.

For ES5, you need to create a function scope like here:

var arr = [10, 32, 65, 2];
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  setTimeout(
    (function (j) {
      return function () {
        console.log("The index of this number is: " + j);
      };
    })(i),
    3000
  );
}

Q. What is the output`?

[1, 2, 3].map((num) => {
  if (typeof num === "number") return;
  return num * 2;
});
Answer

When mapping over the array, the value of num is equal to the element it’s currently looping over. In this case, the elements are numbers, so the condition of the if statement typeof num === "number" returns true. The map function creates a new array and inserts the values returned from the function.

However, we don't return a value. When we don't return a value from the function, the function returns undefined. For every element in the array, the function block gets called, so for each element we return undefined.

Q. What is the output?

const set = new Set([1, 1, 2, 3, 4]);

console.log(set);
Answer

The Set object is a collection of unique values: a value can only occur once in a set.

We passed the iterable [1, 1, 2, 3, 4] with a duplicate value 1. Since we cannot have two of the same values in a set, one of them is removed. This results in {1, 2, 3, 4}.

Q. What is the value of output?

const set = new Set();

set.add(1);
set.add("Anima Nagarajan");
set.add({ name: "Anima Nagarajan" });

for (let item of set) {
  console.log(item + 2);
}
Answer

The + operator is not only used for adding numerical values, but we can also use it to concatenate strings. Whenever the JavaScript engine sees that one or more values are not a number, it coerces the number into a string.

The first one is 1, which is a numerical value. 1 + 2 returns the number 3.

However, the second one is a string "Anima Nagarajan". "Anima Nagarajan" is a string and 2 is a number: 2 gets coerced into a string. "Anima Nagarajan" and "2" get concatenated, which results in the string "Anima Nagarajan2".

{ name: "Anima Nagarajan" } is an object. Neither a number nor an object is a string, so it stringifies both. Whenever we stringify a regular object, it becomes "[Object object]". "[Object object]" concatenated with "2" becomes "[Object object]2".

Q. What is the output?

const obj = { 1: "a", 2: "b", 3: "c" };
const set = new Set([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);

obj.hasOwnProperty("1");
obj.hasOwnProperty(1);
set.has("1");
set.has(1);
Answer

All object keys (excluding Symbols) are strings under the hood, even if you don't type it yourself as a string. This is why obj.hasOwnProperty('1') also returns true.

It doesn't work that way for a set. There is no '1' in our set: set.has('1') returns false. It has the numeric type 1, set.has(1) returns true.

Q. What is the output?

[1, 2, 3, 4].reduce((x, y) => console.log(x, y));
Answer

The first argument that the reduce method receives is the accumulator, x in this case. The second argument is the current value, y. With the reduce method, we execute a callback function on every element in the array, which could ultimately result in one single value.

In this example, we are not returning any values, we are simply logging the values of the accumulator and the current value.

The value of the accumulator is equal to the previously returned value of the callback function. If you don't pass the optional initialValue argument to the reduce method, the accumulator is equal to the first element on the first call.

On the first call, the accumulator (x) is 1, and the current value (y) is 2. We don't return from the callback function, we log the accumulator and current value: 1 and 2 get logged.

If you don't return a value from a function, it returns undefined. On the next call, the accumulator is undefined, and the current value is 3. undefined and 3 get logged.

On the fourth call, we again don't return from the callback function. The accumulator is again undefined, and the current value is 4. undefined and 4 get logged.

Q. What is the output?

let newList = [1, 2, 3].push(4);

console.log(newList.push(5));
Answer

The .push method returns the new length of the array, not the array itself! By setting newList equal to [1, 2, 3].push(4), we set newList equal to the new length of the array: 4.

Then, we try to use the .push method on newList. Since newList is the numerical value 4, we cannot use the .push method: a TypeError is thrown.

Q. What is the output?

console.log("I want pizza"[0]);
Answer

In order to get an character on a specific index in a string, you can use bracket notation. The first character in the string has index 0, and so on. In this case we want to get the element which index is 0, the character "I', which gets logged.

Note that this method is not supported in IE7 and below. In that case, use .charAt()

# Functions


Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

function sayMessage(msg) {
  console.log(msg);
}

function sayMessage(msg) {
  console.log("Default Message");
}

sayMessage("Hello");
Answer
Default Message

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

(function (x) {
  return (function (y) {
    console.log(x);
  })(10);
})(20); 

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "aq123";
function Employee() {
  this.employeeId = "bq1uy";
}
console.log(Employee.employeeId);
Answer

undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "aq123";

function Employee() {
  this.employeeId = "bq1uy";
}
console.log(new Employee().employeeId);
Employee.prototype.employeeId = "kj182";
Employee.prototype.JobId = "1BJKSJ";
console.log(new Employee().JobId);
console.log(new Employee().employeeId);
Answer
bq1uy 1BJKSJ bq1uy

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function passWordMngr() {
  var password = "12345678";
  this.userName = "John";
  return {
    pwd: password,
  };
}
// Block End
var userInfo = passWordMngr();
console.log(userInfo.pwd);
console.log(userInfo.userName);
Answer

12345678 undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function Person(name, age) {
  this.name = name || "John";
  this.age = age || 24;
  this.displayName = function () {
    console.log(this.name);
  };
}

Person.name = "John";
Person.displayName = function () {
  console.log(this.name);
};

var person1 = new Person("John");
person1.displayName();
Person.displayName();
Answer

John Person

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function myFunc() {
  console.log(arguments.length);
}
console.log(myFunc());
console.log(myFunc("a", "b"));
console.log(myFunc("a", "b", "c", "d"));
Answer
0 2 4

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function myFunc(param1, param2) {
  console.log(myFunc.length);
}
console.log(myFunc());
console.log(myFunc("a", "b"));
console.log(myFunc("a", "b", "c", "d"));
Answer
2 2 2

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function myFunc() {
  myFunc.message = "Hi John";
  console.log(myFunc.message);
}
console.log(myFunc());
Answer

'Hi John'

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function myFunc() {
  console.log(myFunc.message);
}
myFunc.message = "Hi John";

console.log(myFunc());
Answer

'Hi John'

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function myFunc() {
  console.log(this.message);
}
myFunc.message = "Hi John";

console.log(myFunc());
Answer
undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function funcA() {
  console.log("funcA ", this);
  (function innerFuncA1() {
    console.log("innerFunc1", this);
    (function innerFunA11() {
      console.log("innerFunA11", this);
    })();
  })();
}

console.log(funcA());
Answer
funcA  
innerFunc1 
innerFunA11 

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function foo() {
  bar();

  function bar() {
    abc();
    console.log(typeof abc);
  }

  function abc() {
    console.log(typeof bar);
  }
})();
Answer

function function

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function foo() {
  employeeId();
  var product = "Car";
  return;

  function employeeId() {
    console.log(product);
  }
}
foo();
Answer
  1. undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "abc123";

function foo() {
  employeeId();
  return;

  function employeeId() {
    console.log(typeof employeeId);
  }
}
foo();
Answer

'function'

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "abc123";

function foo() {
  employeeId = "123bcd";
  return;

  function employeeId() {}
}
foo();
console.log(employeeId);
Answer

'abc123'

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "abc123";
function foo() {
  employeeId = "123bcd";
  return;
}
foo();
console.log(employeeId);
Answer

'123bcd'

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  console.log(typeof displayFunc);
  var displayFunc = function () {
    console.log("Hi I am inside displayFunc");
  };
})();
Answer

undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "1234abe";
(function () {
  console.log(employeeId);
  var employeeId = "122345";
})();
Answer

undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "1234abe";
(function () {
  console.log(employeeId);
  var employeeId = "122345";
  (function () {
    var employeeId = "abc1234";
  })();
})();
Answer
undefined

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var salary = "1000$";

(function () {
  console.log("Original salary was " + salary);

  var salary = "5000$";

  console.log("My New Salary " + salary);
})();
Answer

The code above will output: undefined, 5000$ because of hoisting. In the code presented above, you might be expecting salary to retain it values from outer scope until the point that salary was re-declared in the inner scope. But due to hoisting salary value was undefined instead. To understand it better have a look of the following code, here salary variable is hoisted and declared at the top in function scope. When we print its value using console.log the result is undefined. Afterwards the variable is redeclared and the new value "5000$" is assigned to it.

var salary = "1000$";

(function () {
  var salary = undefined;
  console.log("Original salary was " + salary);

  salary = "5000$";

  console.log("My New Salary " + salary);
})();

Q. What would be the output of the following code?

function User(name) {
  this.name = name || "JsGeeks";
}

var person = (new User("xyz")["location"] = "USA");
console.log(person);
Answer

The output of above code would be "USA". Here new User("xyz") creates a brand new object and created property location on that and USA has been assigned to object property location and that has been referenced by the person.

Let say new User("xyz") created a object called foo. The value "USA" will be assigned to foo["location"], but according to ECMAScript Specification , pt 12.14.4 the assignment will itself return the rightmost value: in our case it's "USA". Then it will be assigned to person.

To better understand What is going on here, try to execute this code in console, line by line:

function User(name) {
  this.name = name || "JS";
}

var person;
var foo = new User("xyz");
foo["location"] = "USA";
// the console will show you that the result of this is "USA"

Q. What is the output of the following?

bar();
(function abc() {
  console.log("something");
})();
function bar() {
  console.log("bar got called");
}
Answer

The output will be :

bar got called
something

Since the function is called first and defined during parse time the JS engine will try to find any possible parse time definitions and start the execution loop which will mean function is called first even if the definition is post another function.

Q. What is the output?

for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
  setTimeout(() => console.log(i), 1);
}

for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
  setTimeout(() => console.log(i), 1);
}
Answer

Because of the event queue in JavaScript, the setTimeout callback function is called after the loop has been executed. Since the variable i in the first loop was declared using the var keyword, this value was global. During the loop, we incremented the value of i by 1 each time, using the unary operator ++. By the time the setTimeout callback function was invoked, i was equal to 3 in the first example.

In the second loop, the variable i was declared using the let keyword: variables declared with the let (and const) keyword are block-scoped (a block is anything between { }). During each iteration, i will have a new value, and each value is scoped inside the loop.

Q. What is the output?

const foo = () => console.log("First");
const bar = () => setTimeout(() => console.log("Second"));
const baz = () => console.log("Third");

bar();
foo();
baz();
Answer

We have a setTimeout function and invoked it first. Yet, it was logged last.

This is because in browsers, we don't just have the runtime engine, we also have something called a WebAPI. The WebAPI gives us the setTimeout function to start with, and for example the DOM.

After the callback is pushed to the WebAPI, the setTimeout function itself (but not the callback!) is popped off the stack.

Now, foo gets invoked, and "First" is being logged.

foo is popped off the stack, and baz gets invoked. "Third" gets logged.

The WebAPI can't just add stuff to the stack whenever it's ready. Instead, it pushes the callback function to something called the queue.

This is where an event loop starts to work. An event loop looks at the stack and task queue. If the stack is empty, it takes the first thing on the queue and pushes it onto the stack.

bar gets invoked, "Second" gets logged, and it's popped off the stack.

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

var b = function () {
  console.log("1");
};

b();

function b() {
  console.log("2");
}
Answer
1

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

b();

function b() {
  console.log("2");
}

var b = function () {
  console.log("1");
};
Answer
2

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

var a = 1;

function b() {
  a = 10;
  return;

  function a() {}
}

b();
console.log(a);
Answer
1

Q. What does the setInterval method return in the browser?

setInterval(() => console.log("Hi"), 1000);
Answer

It returns a unique id. This id can be used to clear that interval with the clearInterval() function.

Q. What is the output?

const value = { number: 10 };

const multiply = (x = { ...value }) => {
  console.log((x.number *= 2));
};

multiply();
multiply();
multiply(value);
multiply(value);
Answer

In ES6, we can initialize parameters with a default value. The value of the parameter will be the default value, if no other value has been passed to the function, or if the value of the parameter is "undefined". In this case, we spread the properties of the value object into a new object, so x has the default value of { number: 10 }.

The default argument is evaluated at call time! Every time we call the function, a new object is created. We invoke the multiply function the first two times without passing a value: x has the default value of { number: 10 }. We then log the multiplied value of that number, which is 20.

The third time we invoke multiply, we do pass an argument: the object called value. The *= operator is actually shorthand for x.number = x.number * 2: we modify the value of x.number, and log the multiplied value 20.

The fourth time, we pass the value object again. x.number was previously modified to 20, so x.number *= 2 logs 40.

Q. What is the output?

const add = () => {
  const cache = {};
  return (num) => {
    if (num in cache) {
      return `From cache! ${cache[num]}`;
    } else {
      const result = num + 10;
      cache[num] = result;
      return `Calculated! ${result}`;
    }
  };
};

const addFunction = add();
console.log(addFunction(10));
console.log(addFunction(10));
console.log(addFunction(5 * 2));
Answer

The add function is a memoized function. With memoization, we can cache the results of a function in order to speed up its execution. In this case, we create a cache object that stores the previously returned values.

If we call the addFunction function again with the same argument, it first checks whether it has already gotten that value in its cache. If that's the case, the caches value will be returned, which saves on execution time. Else, if it's not cached, it will calculate the value and store it afterwards.

We call the addFunction function three times with the same value: on the first invocation, the value of the function when num is equal to 10 isn't cached yet. The condition of the if-statement num in cache returns false, and the else block gets executed: Calculated! 20 gets logged, and the value of the result gets added to the cache object. cache now looks like { 10: 20 }.

The second time, the cache object contains the value that gets returned for 10. The condition of the if-statement num in cache returns true, and 'From cache! 20' gets logged.

The third time, we pass 5 * 2 to the function which gets evaluated to 10. The cache object contains the value that gets returned for 10. The condition of the if-statement num in cache returns true, and 'From cache! 20' gets logged.

Q. What is the output?

function giveSwarnaPizza() {
  return "Here is pizza!";
}

const giveSwarnaChocolate = () =>
  "Here\'s chocolate... now go hit the gym already.";

console.log(giveSwarnaPizza.prototype);
console.log(giveSwarnaChocolate.prototype);
Answer

Regular functions, such as the giveSwarnaPizza function, have a prototype property, which is an object (prototype object) with a constructor property. Arrow functions however, such as the giveSwarnaChocolate function, do not have this prototype property. undefined gets returned when trying to access the prototype property using giveSwarnaChocolate.prototype.

Q. What is the output?

function sum(num1, num2 = num1) {
  console.log(num1 + num2);
}

sum(10);
Answer

You can set a default parameter's value equal to another parameter of the function, as long as they've been defined before the default parameter. We pass the value 10 to the sum function. If the sum function only receives 1 argument, it means that the value for num2 is not passed, and the value of num1 is equal to the passed value 10 in this case. The default value of num2 is the value of num1, which is 10. num1 + num2 returns 20.

If you're trying to set a default parameter's value equal to a parameter which is defined after (to the right), the parameter's value hasn't been initialized yet, which will throw an error.

Q. Which option is a way to set hasName equal to true, provided you cannot pass true as an argument?

function getName(name) {
  const hasName = //
}
Answer

With !!name, we determine whether the value of name is truthy or falsy. If name is truthy, which we want to test for, !name returns false. !false (which is what !!name practically is) returns true.

By setting hasName equal to name, you set hasName equal to whatever value you passed to the getName function, not the boolean value true.

new Boolean(true) returns an object wrapper, not the boolean value itself.

name.length returns the length of the passed argument, not whether it's true.

Q. What is the output?

function checkAge(age) {
  if (age < 18) {
    const message = "Sorry, you\'re too young.";
  } else {
    const message = "Yay! You\'re old enough!";
  }

  return message;
}

console.log(checkAge(21));
Answer

Variables with the const and let keyword are block-scoped. A block is anything between curly brackets ({ }). In this case, the curly brackets of the if/else statements. You cannot reference a variable outside of the block it's declared in, a ReferenceError gets thrown.

Q. What is the output?

function sayHi(name) {
  return `Hi there, ${name}`;
}

console.log(sayHi());
Answer

By default, arguments have the value of undefined, unless a value has been passed to the function. In this case, we didn't pass a value for the name argument. name is equal to undefined which gets logged.

In ES6, we can overwrite this default undefined value with default parameters. For example:

function sayHi(name = "Akash Guha") { ... }

In this case, if we didn't pass a value or if we passed undefined, name would always be equal to the string Akash Guha

Q. What is the output?

function Car() {
  this.make = "Lamborghini";
  return { make: "Maserati" };
}

const myCar = new Car();
console.log(myCar.make);
Answer

When you return a property, the value of the property is equal to the returned value, not the value set in the constructor function. We return the string "Maserati", so myCar.make is equal to "Maserati".

Q. What is the output?

function getInfo(member, year) {
  member.name = "Inika";
  year = "1998";
}

const person = { name: "Sarah" };
const birthYear = "1997";

getInfo(person, birthYear);

console.log(person, birthYear);
Answer

Arguments are passed by value, unless their value is an object, then they're passed by reference. birthYear is passed by value, since it's a string, not an object. When we pass arguments by value, a copy of that value is created (see question 46).

The variable birthYear has a reference to the value "1997". The argument year also has a reference to the value "1997", but it's not the same value as birthYear has a reference to. When we update the value of year by setting year equal to "1998", we are only updating the value of year. birthYear is still equal to "1997".

The value of person is an object. The argument member has a (copied) reference to the same object. When we modify a property of the object member has a reference to, the value of person will also be modified, since they both have a reference to the same object. person's name property is now equal to the value "Inika"

Q. What is the output?

function* generator(i) {
  yield i;
  yield i * 2;
}

const gen = generator(10);

console.log(gen.next().value);
console.log(gen.next().value);
Answer

Regular functions cannot be stopped mid-way after invocation. However, a generator function can be "stopped" midway, and later continue from where it stopped. Every time a generator function encounters a yield keyword, the function yields the value specified after it. Note that the generator function in that case doesn't return the value, it yields the value.

First, we initialize the generator function with i equal to 10. We invoke the generator function using the next() method. The first time we invoke the generator function, i is equal to 10. It encounters the first yield keyword: it yields the value of i. The generator is now "paused", and 10 gets logged.

Then, we invoke the function again with the next() method. It starts to continue where it stopped previously, still with i equal to 10. Now, it encounters the next yield keyword, and yields i * 2. i is equal to 10, so it returns 10 * 2, which is 20. This results in 10, 20.

Q. What is the output?

function sayHi() {
  return (() => 0)();
}

console.log(typeof sayHi());
Answer

The sayHi function returns the returned value of the immediately invoked function (IIFE). This function returned 0, which is type "number".

FYI: there are only 7 built-in types: null, undefined, boolean, number, string, object, and symbol. "function" is not a type, since functions are objects, it's of type "object".

Q. What is the output?

const person = { name: "Inika " };

function sayHi(age) {
  console.log(`${this.name} is ${age}`);
}

sayHi.call(person, 21);
sayHi.bind(person, 21);
Answer

With both, we can pass the object to which we want the this keyword to refer to. However, .call is also executed immediately!

.bind. returns a copy of the function, but with a bound context! It is not executed immediately.

Q. What is the output?

String.prototype.giveRashmi Pizza = () => {
  return "Just give Rashmi  pizza already!";
};

const name = "Rashmi ";

name.giveRashmi Pizza();
Answer

String is a built-in constructor, which we can add properties to. I just added a method to its prototype. Primitive strings are automatically converted into a string object, generated by the string prototype function. So, all strings (string objects) have access to that method!

Q. What is the output?

function getAge() {
  "use strict";
  age = 21;
  console.log(age);
}

getAge();
Answer

With "use strict", you can make sure that you don't accidentally declare global variables. We never declared the variable age, and since we use "use strict", it will throw a reference error. If we didn't use "use strict", it would have worked, since the property age would have gotten added to the global object.

Q. What is the output?

function getAge(...args) {
  console.log(typeof args);
}

getAge(21);
Answer

The rest parameter (...args.) lets us "collect" all remaining arguments into an array. An array is an object, so typeof args returns "object"

Q. What is the output?

function checkAge(data) {
  if (data === { age: 18 }) {
    console.log("You are an adult!");
  } else if (data == { age: 18 }) {
    console.log("You are still an adult.");
  } else {
    console.log(`Hmm.. You don\'t have an age I guess`);
  }
}

checkAge({ age: 18 });
Answer

When testing equality, primitives are compared by their value, while objects are compared by their reference. JavaScript checks if the objects have a reference to the same location in memory.

The two objects that we are comparing don't have that: the object we passed as a parameter refers to a different location in memory than the object we used in order to check equality.

This is why both { age: 18 } === { age: 18 } and { age: 18 } == { age: 18 } return false.

Q. What is the output?

function getPersonInfo(one, two, three) {
  console.log(one);
  console.log(two);
  console.log(three);
}

const person = "Zoya Babu";
const age = 21;

getPersonInfo`${person} is ${age} years old`;
Answer

If you use tagged template literals, the value of the first argument is always an array of the string values. The remaining arguments get the values of the passed expressions!

Q. What is the output?

function sum(a, b) {
  return a + b;
}

sum(1, "2");
Answer

JavaScript is a dynamically typed language: we don't specify what types certain variables are. Values can automatically be converted into another type without you knowing, which is called implicit type coercion. Coercion is converting from one type into another.

In this example, JavaScript converts the number 1 into a string, in order for the function to make sense and return a value. During the addition of a numeric type (1) and a string type ('2'), the number is treated as a string. We can concatenate strings like "Hello" + "World", so What is happening here is "1" + "2" which returns "12".

Q. What is the output?

function Person(firstName, lastName) {
  this.firstName = firstName;
  this.lastName = lastName;
}

const Karthik = new Person("Karthik", "Hallie");
const sarah = Person("Sarah", "Smith");

console.log(Karthik);
console.log(sarah);
Answer

For sarah, we didn't use the new keyword. When using new, it refers to the new empty object we create. However, if you don't add new it refers to the global object!

We said that this.firstName equals "Sarah" and this.lastName equals "Smith". What we actually did, is defining global.firstName = 'Sarah' and global.lastName = 'Smith'. sarah itself is left undefined, since we don't return a value from the Person function.

Q. What is the output?

function Person(firstName, lastName) {
  this.firstName = firstName;
  this.lastName = lastName;
}

const member = new Person("Mala Pall", "Hallie");
Person.getFullName = function () {
  return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`;
};

console.log(member.getFullName());
Answer

You can't add properties to a constructor like you can with regular objects. If you want to add a feature to all objects at once, you have to use the prototype instead. So in this case,

Person.prototype.getFullName = function () {
  return `${this.firstName} ${this.lastName}`;
};

would have made member.getFullName() work. Why is this beneficial? Say that we added this method to the constructor itself. Maybe not every Person instance needed this method. This would waste a lot of memory space, since they would still have that property, which takes of memory space for each instance. Instead, if we only add it to the prototype, we just have it at one spot in memory, yet they all have access to it!

Q. What happens when we do this?

function bark() {
  console.log("Woof!");
}

bark.animal = "dog";
Answer

This is possible in JavaScript, because functions are objects! (Everything besides primitive types are objects)

A function is a special type of object. The code you write yourself isn't the actual function. The function is an object with properties. This property is invocable.

Q. What is the output?

function sayHi() {
  console.log(name);
  console.log(age);
  var name = "Mala Pall";
  let age = 21;
}

sayHi();
Answer

Within the function, we first declare the name variable with the var keyword. This means that the variable gets hoisted (memory space is set up during the creation phase) with the default value of undefined, until we actually get to the line where we define the variable. We haven't defined the variable yet on the line where we try to log the name variable, so it still holds the value of undefined.

Variables with the let keyword (and const) are hoisted, but unlike var, don't get initialized. They are not accessible before the line we declare (initialize) them. This is called the "temporal dead zone". When we try to access the variables before they are declared, JavaScript throws a ReferenceError.

Q. How many times the createVal function is called?

function createVal() {
  return Math.random();
}

function fun(val = createVal()) {
  console.log(val);
}

fun();
fun(5);

createVal() function will execute only once.

Output

0.2162050091554224
VM298:6 5

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var output = (function (x) {
  delete x;
  return x;
})(0);

console.log(output);

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

!function(){}()
function(){}()
true && function(){}()
(function(){})()
function(){}
!function(){}

Q. What will expression return?

var a = (b = true),
  c = (a) => a;
(function a(a = (c(b).a = c = () => a)) {
  return a();
})();

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var a = true;
(a = function () {
  return a;
})();

Q. What will be the output?

function b(b) {
  return this.b && b(b);
}
b(b.bind(b));

Q. What does the following code print?

console.log("one");
setTimeout(function () {
  console.log("two");
}, 0);
console.log("three");
Answer

one, three and two. It's because console.log('two'); will be invoked in the next event loop.

Q. What is the outcome of the two alerts below?

var foo = "Hello";
(function () {
  var bar = " World";
  alert(foo + bar);
})();
alert(foo + bar);
Answer

Answer:

  • First: Hello World
  • Second: Throws an exception, ReferenceError: bar is not defined

Q. How would you make this work?

add(2, 5); // 7
add(2)(5); // 7
Answer

A general solution for any number of parameters

"use strict";

let sum = (arr) => arr.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
let addGenerator = (numArgs, prevArgs) => {
  return function () {
    let totalArgs = prevArgs.concat(Array.from(arguments));
    if (totalArgs.length === numArgs) {
      return sum(totalArgs);
    }
    return addGenerator(numArgs, totalArgs);
  };
};

let add = addGenerator(2, []);

add(2, 5); // 7
add(2)(5); // 7
add()(2, 5); // 7
add()(2)(5); // 7
add()()(2)(5); // 7

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function mul(x) {
  return function (y) {
    return function (z) {
      return function (w) {
        return function (p) {
          return x * y * z * w * p;
        };
      };
    };
  };
}
console.log(mul(2)(3)(4)(5)(6));
Answer

720

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function mul(x) {
  return function (y) {
    return {
      result: x * y,
      sum: function (z) {
        return x * y + z;
      },
    };
  };
}
console.log(mul(2)(3).result);
console.log(mul(2)(3).sum(4));
Answer

6, 10

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function mul(x) {
  return function (y) {
    return [
      x * y,
      function (z) {
        return x * y + z;
      },
    ];
  };
}

console.log(mul(2)(3)[0]);
console.log(mul(2)(3)[1](4));
Answer

6, 10

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function getNumber() {
  return;
}

var numb = getNumber();
console.log(numb);
Answer

undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function getNumber() {
  return 2, 4, 5;
}

var numb = getNumber();
console.log(numb);
Answer
5

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  function sayHello() {
    var name = "Hi John";
    return;
    {
      fullName: name;
    }
  }
  console.log(sayHello().fullName);
})();
Answer

Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'fullName' of undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

function getDataFromServer(apiUrl) {
  var name = "John";
  return {
    then: function (fn) {
      fn(name);
    },
  };
}

getDataFromServer("www.google.com").then(function (name) {
  console.log(name);
});
Answer
John

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function greetNewCustomer() {
  console.log("Hello " + this.name);
}.bind({
  name: "John",
})());
Answer
Hello John

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var fooAccount = {
    name: "John",
    amount: 6000,
    deductAmount: function (amount) {
      this.amount -= amount;
      return this.amount;
    },
  };
  var barAccount = {
    name: "John",
    amount: 4000,
  };
  var withdrawAmountBy = function (totalAmount) {
    return fooAccount.deductAmount.call(barAccount, totalAmount);
  };
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(400));
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(300));
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(200));
})();
Answer
3600 3300 3100

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var fooAccount = {
    name: "John",
    amount: 4000,
    deductAmount: function (amount) {
      this.amount -= amount;
      return this.amount;
    },
  };
  var barAccount = {
    name: "John",
    amount: 6000,
  };
  var withdrawAmountBy = function (totalAmount) {
    return fooAccount.deductAmount.apply(barAccount, [totalAmount]);
  };
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(400));
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(300));
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(200));
})();
Answer
5600 5300 5100

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var fooAccount = {
    name: "John",
    amount: 4000,
    deductAmount: function (amount) {
      this.amount -= amount;
      return "Total amount left in account: " + this.amount;
    },
  };
  var barAccount = {
    name: "John",
    amount: 6000,
  };
  var withdrawAmountBy = function (totalAmount) {
    return fooAccount.deductAmount.bind(barAccount, totalAmount);
  };
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(400)());
  console.log(withdrawAmountBy(300)());
})();
Answer

Total amount left in account: 5600 Total amount left in account: 5300

Q. What is the output?

function nums(a, b) {
  if (a > b) console.log("a is bigger");
  else console.log("b is bigger");
  return;
  a + b;
}

console.log(nums(4, 2));
console.log(nums(1, 2));
Answer

In JavaScript, we don't have to write the semicolon (;) explicitly, however the JavaScript engine still adds them after statements. This is called Automatic Semicolon Insertion. A statement can for example be variables, or keywords like throw, return, break, etc.

Here, we wrote a return statement, and another value a + b on a new line. However, since it's a new line, the engine doesn't know that it's actually the value that we wanted to return. Instead, it automatically added a semicolon after return. You could see this as:

return;
a + b;

This means that a + b is never reached, since a function stops running after the return keyword. If no value gets returned, like here, the function returns undefined. Note that there is no automatic insertion after if/else statements!

Q. What is the output?

const person = {
  name: "Kani Palla",
  age: 21,
};

const changeAge = (x = { ...person }) => (x.age += 1);
const changeAgeAndName = (x = { ...person }) => {
  x.age += 1;
  x.name = "Sarah";
};

changeAge(person);
changeAgeAndName();

console.log(person);
Answer
Both the `changeAge` and `changeAgeAndName` functions have a default parameter, 
namely a _newly_ created object `{ ...person }`. This object has copies of all 
the key/values in the `person` object.

First, we invoke the `changeAge` function and pass the `person` object as its argument. 
This function increases the value of the `age` property by 1. `person` is now 
`{ name: "Kani Palla", age: 22 }`.

Then, we invoke the `changeAgeAndName` function, however we don\'t pass a parameter. 
Instead, the value of `x` is equal to a _new_ object: `{ ...person }`. Since it\'s a 
new object, it doesn\'t affect the values of the properties on the `person` object. 

// Output:
{ name: 'Kani Palla', age: 22 }

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const employee = {
  name: "abc",
  location: "IND",
};

employee.age = 1;
console.log(employee);
Answer
{ name: 'abc', location: 'IND', age: 1 }

Q. What is the output?

const getList = ([x, ...y]) => [x, y]
const getUser = user => { name: user.name, age: user.age }

const list = [1, 2, 3, 4]
const user = { name: "Anima Nagarajan", age: 21 }

console.log(getList(list))
console.log(getUser(user))
Answer

The getList function receives an array as its argument. Between the parentheses of the getList function, we destructure this array right away. You could see this as:

[x, ...y] = [1, 2, 3, 4]

With the rest parameter ...y, we put all "remaining" arguments in an array. The remaining arguments are 2, 3 and 4 in this case. The value of y is an array, containing all the rest parameters. The value of x is equal to 1 in this case, so when we log [x, y], [1, [2, 3, 4]] gets logged.

The getUser function receives an object. With arrow functions, we don't have to write curly brackets if we just return one value. However, if you want to return an object from an arrow function, you have to write it between parentheses, otherwise no value gets returned! The following function would have returned an object:

const getUser = user => ({ name: user.name, age: user.age })

Since no value gets returned in this case, the function returns undefined.

Q. What is its value?

function compareMembers(person1, person2 = person) {
  if (person1 !== person2) {
    console.log("Not the same!");
  } else {
    console.log("They are the same!");
  }
}

const person = { name: "Surya Jha" };

compareMembers(person);
Answer

Objects are passed by reference. When we check objects for strict equality (===), we're comparing their references.

We set the default value for person2 equal to the person object, and passed the person object as the value for person1.

This means that both values have a reference to the same spot in memory, thus they are equal.

The code block in the else statement gets run, and They are the same! gets logged.

Q. What is its value?

const colorConfig = {
  red: true,
  blue: false,
  green: true,
  black: true,
  yellow: false,
};

const colors = ["pink", "red", "blue"];

console.log(colorConfig.colors[1]);
Answer

In JavaScript, we have two ways to access properties on an object: bracket notation, or dot notation. In this example, we use dot notation (colorConfig.colors) instead of bracket notation (colorConfig["colors"]).

With dot notation, JavaScript tries to find the property on the object with that exact name. In this example, JavaScript tries to find a property called colors on the colorConfig object. There is no proprety called colors, so this returns undefined. Then, we try to access the value of the first element by using [1]. We cannot do this on a value that's undefined, so it throws a TypeError: Cannot read property '1' of undefined.

JavaScript interprets (or unboxes) statements. When we use bracket notation, it sees the first opening bracket [ and keeps going until it finds the closing bracket ]. Only then, it will evaluate the statement. If we would've used colorConfig[colors[1]], it would have returned the value of the red property on the colorConfig object.

Q. What is the output?

let name = "Surya Jha";

function getName() {
  console.log(name);
  let name = "Sarah";
}

getName();
Answer

Each function has its own execution context (or scope). The getName function first looks within its own context (scope) to see if it contains the variable name we're trying to access. In this case, the getName function contains its own name variable: we declare the variable name with the let keyword, and with the value of 'sarah'.

Variables with the let keyword (and const) are hoisted, but unlike var, don't get initialized. They are not accessible before the line we declare (initialize) them. This is called the "temporal dead zone". When we try to access the variables before they are declared, JavaScript throws a ReferenceError.

If we wouldn't have declared the name variable within the getName function, the javascript engine would've looked down the scope chain. The outer scope has a variable called name with the value of Surya Jha. In that case, it would've logged Surya Jha.

let name = "Surya Jha";

function getName() {
  console.log(name);
}

getName(); // Surya Jha

Q. What is the output?

function* generatorOne() {
  yield ["a", "b", "c"];
}

function* generatorTwo() {
  yield* ["a", "b", "c"];
}

const one = generatorOne();
const two = generatorTwo();

console.log(one.next().value);
console.log(two.next().value);
Answer

With the yield keyword, we yield values in a generator function. With the yield* keyword, we can yield values from another generator function, or iterable object (for example an array).

In generatorOne, we yield the entire array ['a', 'b', 'c'] using the yield keyword. The value of value property on the object returned by the next method on one (one.next().value) is equal to the entire array ['a', 'b', 'c'].

console.log(one.next().value); // ['a', 'b', 'c']
console.log(one.next().value); // undefined

In generatorTwo, we use the yield* keyword. This means that the first yielded value of two, is equal to the first yielded value in the iterator. The iterator is the array ['a', 'b', 'c']. The first yielded value is a, so the first time we call two.next().value, a is returned.

console.log(two.next().value); // 'a'
console.log(two.next().value); // 'b'
console.log(two.next().value); // 'c'
console.log(two.next().value); // undefined

Q. What will happen?

let config = {
  alert: setInterval(() => {
    console.log("Alert!");
  }, 1000),
};

config = null;
Answer

Normally when we set objects equal to null, those objects get garbage collected as there is no reference anymore to that object. However, since the callback function within setInterval is an arrow function (thus bound to the config object), the callback function still holds a reference to the config object. As long as there is a reference, the object won't get garbage collected. Since it's not garbage collected, the setInterval callback function will still get invoked every 1000ms (1s).

Q. Which method(s) will return the value 'Hello world!'?

const myMap = new Map();
const myFunc = () => "greeting";

myMap.set(myFunc, "Hello world!");

//1
myMap.get("greeting");
//2
myMap.get(myFunc);
//3
myMap.get(() => "greeting");
Answer

When adding a key/value pair using the set method, the key will be the value of the first argument passed to the set function, and the value will be the second argument passed to the set function. The key is the function () => 'greeting' in this case, and the value 'Hello world'. myMap is now { () => 'greeting' => 'Hello world!' }.

1 is wrong, since the key is not 'greeting' but () => 'greeting'. 3 is wrong, since we're creating a new function by passing it as a parameter to the get method. Object interact by reference. Functions are objects, which is why two functions are never strictly equal, even if they are identical: they have a reference to a different spot in memory.

Q. Predict the output

function find_max(nums) {
  let max_num = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY; // smaller than all other numbers
  for (let num of nums) {
    if (num > max_num) {
      // (Fill in the missing line here)
    }
  }
 return max_num;
}
Answer
function find_max(nums) {
  let max_num = Number.NEGATIVE_INFINITY; // smaller than all other numbers
  for (let num of nums) {
    if (num > max_num) {
      max_num = num;
    }
  }
  return max_num;
}

const nums = [10, 20, -30];
console.log(find_max(nums));

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# Objects


Q. What is the value of foo.x?

var foo = { n: 1 };
var bar = foo;
foo.x = foo = { n: 2 };
Answer

undefined. Rather, bar.x is {n: 2}.

foo.x = foo = {n: 2} is the same as foo.x = (foo = {n: 2}). It is because a left term is first referenced and then a right term is evaluated when an assignment is performed in JavaScript. When foo.x is referenced, it refers to an original object, {n: 1}. So, when the result of the right term, {n: 2}, is evaluated, it will assigned to the original object, which is at the moment referenced by bar.

Q. What will be the output?

c = (c) => {
  return this.c && c(c);
};
c(c.bind(c));

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

var obj = {name: "neha", getName: function() {console.log(this.name);}}

var getName = obj.getName;
var obj2 = {name: "naina", getName};
obj.getName();
obj2.getName();
Answer
Neha
Naina

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const person = {name: "neha"};
const array = [person, person, person];

array[1].name = "";
console.log(array[0].name);
Answer
undefined

Q. What is the output?

const person = { name: "Swarna" };

Object.defineProperty(person, "age", { value: 21 });

console.log(person);
console.log(Object.keys(person));
Answer
With the `defineProperty` method, we can add new properties to an object, or modify existing ones. When we add a property to an object using the `defineProperty` method, they are by default _not enumerable_. The `Object.keys` method returns all _enumerable_ property names from an object, in this case only `"name"`.

Properties added using the `defineProperty` method are immutable by default. You can override this behavior using the `writable`, `configurable` and `enumerable` properties. This way, the `defineProperty` method gives you a lot more control over the properties you\'re adding to an object.

Q. What is the output?

const user = { name: "Swarna", age: 21 };
const admin = { admin: true, ...user };

console.log(admin);
Answer
{ admin: true, name: 'Swarna', age: 21 }

Q. What is the output?

const person = {
  name: "Inika",
  age: 21,
};

for (const item in person) {
  console.log(item);
}
Answer

With a for-in loop, we can iterate through object keys, in this case name and age. Under the hood, object keys are strings (if they're not a Symbol). On every loop, we set the value of item equal to the current key it’s iterating over. First, item is equal to name, and gets logged. Then, item is equal to age, which gets logged.

Q. What is the output?

let person = { name: "Inika" };
const members = [person];
person = null;

console.log(members);
Answer

First, we declare a variable person with the value of an object that has a name property.

Then, we declare a variable called members. We set the first element of that array equal to the value of the person variable. Objects interact by reference when setting them equal to each other. When you assign a reference from one variable to another, you make a copy of that reference. (note that they don't have the same reference!)

Then, we set the variable person equal to null.

We are only modifying the value of the person variable, and not the first element in the array, since that element has a different (copied) reference to the object. The first element in members still holds its reference to the original object. When we log the members array, the first element still holds the value of the object, which gets logged.

Q. What is the output?

const a = {};
const b = { key: "b" };
const c = { key: "c" };

a[b] = 123;
a[c] = 456;

console.log(a[b]);
Answer

Object keys are automatically converted into strings. We are trying to set an object as a key to object a, with the value of 123.

However, when we stringify an object, it becomes "[Object object]". So what we are saying here, is that a["Object object"] = 123. Then, we can try to do the same again. c is another object that we are implicitly stringifying. So then, a["Object object"] = 456.

Then, we log a[b], which is actually a["Object object"]. We just set that to 456, so it returns 456.

Q. What is the output?

const obj = { a: "one", b: "two", a: "three" };
console.log(obj);
Answer

If you have two keys with the same name, the key will be replaced. It will still be in its first position, but with the last specified value.

Q. What is the output?

let greeting;
greetign = {}; // Typo!
console.log(greetign);
Answer

It logs the object, because we just created an empty object on the global object! When we mistyped greeting as greetign, the JS interpreter actually saw this as global.greetign = {} (or window.greetign = {} in a browser).

In order to avoid this, we can use "use strict". This makes sure that you have declared a variable before setting it equal to anything.

Q. What is the output?

let c = { greeting: "Hey!" };
let d;

d = c;
c.greeting = "Hello";
console.log(d.greeting);
Answer

In JavaScript, all objects interact by reference when setting them equal to each other.

First, variable c holds a value to an object. Later, we assign d with the same reference that c has to the object.

When you change one object, you change all of them.

Q. Which one is true?

const bird = {
  size: "small",
};

const mouse = {
  name: "Mickey",
  small: true,
};
Answer

In JavaScript, all object keys are strings (unless it's a Symbol). Even though we might not type them as strings, they are always converted into strings under the hood.

JavaScript interprets (or unboxes) statements. When we use bracket notation, it sees the first opening bracket [ and keeps going until it finds the closing bracket ]. Only then, it will evaluate the statement.

mouse[bird.size]: First it evaluates bird.size, which is "small". mouse["small"] returns true

However, with dot notation, this doesn't happen. mouse does not have a key called bird, which means that mouse.bird is undefined. Then, we ask for the size using dot notation: mouse.bird.size. Since mouse.bird is undefined, we're actually asking undefined.size. This isn't valid, and will throw an error similar to Cannot read property "size" of undefined.

Q. What is the output?

const shape = {
  radius: 10,
  diameter() {
    return this.radius * 2;
  },
  perimeter: () => 2 * Math.PI * this.radius,
};

console.log(shape.diameter());
console.log(shape.perimeter());
Answer

Note that the value of diameter is a regular function, whereas the value of perimeter is an arrow function.

With arrow functions, the this keyword refers to its current surrounding scope, unlike regular functions! This means that when we call perimeter, it doesn't refer to the shape object, but to its surrounding scope (window for example).

There is no value radius on that object, which returns undefined.

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var Employee = {
  company: "xyz",
};
var emp1 = Object.create(Employee);
delete emp1.company;
console.log(emp1.company);

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var obj = {
  message: "Hello",
  innerMessage: function () {
    var self = this;
    (function () {
      console.log(self.message);
    })();
  },
};
console.log(obj.innerMessage());
Answer

'Hello'

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var obj = {
  message: "Hello",
  innerMessage: function () {
    (function () {
      console.log(this.message);
    })();
  },
};
console.log(obj.innerMessage());
Answer
undefined

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var obj = {
  message: "Hello",
  innerMessage: function () {
    return this.message;
  },
};

console.log(obj.innerMessage());
Answer
Hello

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var obj = {
  message: "Hello",
  innerMessage: !(function () {
    console.log(this.message);
  })(),
};

console.log(obj.innerMessage);
Answer
undefined true

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  "use strict";

  var person = {
    name: "John",
  };
  person.salary = "10000$";
  person["country"] = "USA";

  Object.defineProperty(person, "phoneNo", {
    value: "8888888888",
    enumerable: true,
  });

  console.log(Object.keys(person));
})();
Answer
["name", "salary", "country", "phoneNo"]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  "use strict";

  var person = {
    name: "John",
  };
  person.salary = "10000$";
  person["country"] = "USA";

  Object.defineProperty(person, "phoneNo", {
    value: "8888888888",
    enumerable: false,
  });

  console.log(Object.keys(person));
})();
Answer
["name", "salary", "country"]

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = {
    foo: "foo",
    bar: "bar",
  };
  var objB = {
    foo: "foo",
    bar: "bar",
  };
  console.log(objA == objB);
  console.log(objA === objB);
})();
Answer
false false

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = new Object({ foo: "foo" });
  var objB = new Object({ foo: "foo" });
  console.log(objA == objB);
  console.log(objA === objB);
})();
Answer
false false

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = Object.create({
    foo: "foo",
  });
  var objB = Object.create({
    foo: "foo",
  });
  console.log(objA == objB);
  console.log(objA === objB);
})();
Answer
false false

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = Object.create({
    foo: "foo",
  });
  var objB = Object.create(objA);
  console.log(objA == objB);
  console.log(objA === objB);
})();
Answer
false false

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = Object.create({
    foo: "foo",
  });
  var objB = Object.create(objA);
  console.log(objA.toString() == objB.toString());
  console.log(objA.toString() === objB.toString());
})();
Answer
true true

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = Object.create({
    foo: "foo",
  });
  var objB = objA;
  console.log(objA == objB);
  console.log(objA === objB);
  console.log(objA.toString() == objB.toString());
  console.log(objA.toString() === objB.toString());
})();
Answer
true true true true

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = Object.create({
    foo: "foo",
  });
  var objB = objA;
  objB.foo = "bar";
  console.log(objA.foo);
  console.log(objB.foo);
})();
Answer
bar bar

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = Object.create({
    foo: "foo",
  });
  var objB = objA;
  objB.foo = "bar";

  delete objA.foo;
  console.log(objA.foo);
  console.log(objB.foo);
})();
Answer
foo foo

Q. What would be the output of following code?

(function () {
  var objA = {
    foo: "foo",
  };
  var objB = objA;
  objB.foo = "bar";

  delete objA.foo;
  console.log(objA.foo);
  console.log(objB.foo);
})();
Answer
undefined undefined

Q. What is the output?

const settings = {
  username: "Akhil Sunderhallie",
  level: 19,
  health: 90,
};

const data = JSON.stringify(settings, ["level", "health"]);
console.log(data);
Answer

The second argument of JSON.stringify is the replacer. The replacer can either be a function or an array, and lets you control what and how the values should be stringified.

If the replacer is an array, only the property names included in the array will be added to the JSON string. In this case, only the properties with the names "level" and "health" are included, "username" is excluded. data is now equal to "{"level":19, "health":90}".

If the replacer is a function, this function gets called on every property in the object you're stringifying. The value returned from this function will be the value of the property when it's added to the JSON string. If the value is undefined, this property is excluded from the JSON string.

Q. What is the output?

const box = { x: 10, y: 20 };

Object.freeze(box);

const shape = box;
shape.x = 100;

console.log(shape);
Answer

Object.freeze makes it impossible to add, remove, or modify properties of an object (unless the property's value is another object).

When we create the variable shape and set it equal to the frozen object box, shape also refers to a frozen object. You can check whether an object is frozen by using Object.isFrozen. In this case, Object.isFrozen(shape) returns true, since the variable shape has a reference to a frozen object.

Since shape is frozen, and since the value of x is not an object, we cannot modify the property x. x is still equal to 10, and { x: 10, y: 20 } gets logged.

Q. What is the output?

const person = {
  name: "Rishima Nair",
  age: 21,
};

let city = person.city;
city = "Amsterdam";

console.log(person);
Answer

We set the variable city equal to the value of the property called city on the person object. There is no property on this object called city, so the variable city has the value of undefined.

Note that we are not referencing the person object itself! We simply set the variable city equal to the current value of the city property on the person object.

Then, we set city equal to the string "Amsterdam". This doesn't change the person object: there is no reference to that object.

When logging the person object, the unmodified object gets returned.

Q. What is the output?

const person = {
  name: "Hari Srinivas",
  age: 21,
};

for (const [x, y] of Object.entries(person)) {
  console.log(x, y);
}
Answer

Object.entries(person) returns an array of nested arrays, containing the keys and objects:

[ [ 'name', 'Hari Srinivas' ], [ 'age', 21 ] ]

Using the for-of loop, we can iterate over each element in the array, the subarrays in this case. We can destructure the subarrays instantly in the for-of loop, using const [x, y]. x is equal to the first element in the subarray, y is equal to the second element in the subarray.

The first subarray is [ "name", "Hari Srinivas" ], with x equal to "name", and y equal to "Hari Srinivas", which get logged. The second subarray is [ "age", 21 ], with x equal to "age", and y equal to 21, which get logged.

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

var obj = {
  x: 12,

  getX: function () {
    return this.x;
  },
};

const output = obj.getX;

console.log(output());
Answer
undefined

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const y = {
  1: 'abc',
  2: 'def',
}
    
var x = y;
x.2 = 'zsx'; 
y.img = 'trigger';

console.log(y);
console.log(x);
Answer
x.2 = 'zsx';
 ^^

SyntaxError: Unexpected number

# Classes


Q. What is the output?

class Person {
  constructor() {
    this.name = "Anima Nagarajan";
  }
}

Person = class AnotherPerson {
  constructor() {
    this.name = "Sarah";
  }
};

const member = new Person();
console.log(member.name);
Answer

We can set classes equal to other classes/function constructors. In this case, we set Person equal to AnotherPerson. The name on this constructor is Sarah, so the name property on the new Person instance member is "Sarah".

Q. What is the output?

class Chameleon {
  static colorChange(newColor) {
    this.newColor = newColor;
    return this.newColor;
  }

  constructor({ newColor = "green" } = {}) {
    this.newColor = newColor;
  }
}

const freddie = new Chameleon({ newColor: "purple" });
console.log(freddie.colorChange("orange"));
Answer

The colorChange function is static. Static methods are designed to live only on the constructor in which they are created, and cannot be passed down to any children. Since freddie is a child, the function is not passed down, and not available on the freddie instance: a TypeError is thrown.

Q. What is the output?

class Dog {
  constructor(name) {
    this.name = name;
  }
}

Dog.prototype.bark = function () {
  console.log(`Woof I am ${this.name}`);
};

const pet = new Dog("Mara");

pet.bark();

delete Dog.prototype.bark;

pet.bark();
Answer

We can delete properties from objects using the delete keyword, also on the prototype. By deleting a property on the prototype, it is not available anymore in the prototype chain. In this case, the bark function is not available anymore on the prototype after delete Dog.prototype.bark, yet we still try to access it.

When we try to invoke something that is not a function, a TypeError is thrown. In this case TypeError: pet.bark is not a function, since pet.bark is undefined.

Q. With which constructor can we successfully extend the Dog class?

class Dog {
  constructor(name) {
    this.name = name;
  }
}

class Labrador extends Dog {
  // 1
  constructor(name, size) {
    this.size = size;
  }
  // 2
  constructor(name, size) {
    super(name);
    this.size = size;
  }
  // 3
  constructor(size) {
    super(name);
    this.size = size;
  }
  // 4
  constructor(name, size) {
    this.name = name;
    this.size = size;
  }
}
Answer

In a derived class, you cannot access the this keyword before calling super. If you try to do that, it will throw a ReferenceError: 1 and 4 would throw a reference error.

With the super keyword, we call that parent class's constructor with the given arguments. The parent's constructor receives the name argument, so we need to pass name to super.

The Labrador class receives two arguments, name since it extends Dog, and size as an extra property on the Labrador class. They both need to be passed to the constructor function on Labrador, which is done correctly using constructor 2.

Q. What is the output?

class Person {
  constructor(name) {
    this.name = name;
  }
}

const member = new Person("John");
console.log(typeof member);
Answer

Classes are syntactical sugar for function constructors. The equivalent of the Person class as a function constructor would be:

function Person() {
  this.name = name;
}

Calling a function constructor with new results in the creation of an instance of Person, typeof keyword returns "object" for an instance. typeof member returns "object".

# Error Handling


Q. What is the output?

(() => {
  let x, y;
  try {
    throw new Error();
  } catch (x) {
    (x = 1), (y = 2);
    console.log(x);
  }
  console.log(x);
  console.log(y);
})();
Answer

The catch block receives the argument x. This is not the same x as the variable when we pass arguments. This variable x is block-scoped.

Later, we set this block-scoped variable equal to 1, and set the value of the variable y. Now, we log the block-scoped variable x, which is equal to 1.

Outside of the catch block, x is still undefined, and y is 2. When we want to console.log(x) outside of the catch block, it returns undefined, and y returns 2.

Q. What is the output?

function greeting() {
  throw "Hello world!";
}

function sayHi() {
  try {
    const data = greeting();
    console.log("It worked!", data);
  } catch (e) {
    console.log("Oh no an error:", e);
  }
}

sayHi();
Answer

With the throw statement, we can create custom errors. With this statement, you can throw exceptions. An exception can be a string, a number, a boolean or an object. In this case, our exception is the string 'Hello world'.

With the catch statement, we can specify what to do if an exception is thrown in the try block. An exception is thrown: the string 'Hello world'. e is now equal to that string, which we log. This results in 'Oh an error: Hello world'.

Q. What will be the output?

var v = 0;
try {
  throw (v = (function (c) {
    throw (v = function (a) {
      return v;
    });
  })());
} catch (e) {
  console.log(e()());
}

Q. What is g value?

f = g = 0;
(function () {
  try {
    f =
      function () {
        return f();
      } && f();
  } catch (e) {
    return g++ && f();
  } finally {
    return ++g;
  }
  function f() {
    g += 5;
    return 0;
  }
})();

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

(function () {
  try {
    throw new Error();
  } catch (x) {
    var x = 1,
      y = 2;
    console.log(x);
  }
  console.log(x);
  console.log(y);
})();

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var employeeId = "aq123";
(function Employee() {
  try {
    throw "foo123";
  } catch (employeeId) {
    console.log(employeeId);
  }
  console.log(employeeId);
})();
Answer
foo123 aq123

# Promises


Q. Predict the output of the following NodeJS code?

console.log('A');

setImmediate(()=>{console.log('setImmediate')});

process.nextTick(()=>{console.log('nextTick')});

setTimeout(()=>{
  console.log('setTimeout');
},0);

console.log('C');
Answer
A
C
nextTick
setTimeout
setImmediate

Q. What kind of information would get logged?

fetch("https://www.website.com/api/user/1")
  .then((res) => res.json())
  .then((res) => console.log(res));
Answer

The value of res in the second .then is equal to the returned value of the previous .then. You can keep chaining .thens like this, where the value is passed to the next handler.

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

async function something() {
  console.log("something");

  let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
    setTimeout(() => {
      console.log("promise");
      resolve("done!");
    }, 0);
  });

  await promise;

  setTimeout(() => {
    console.log("setTimeout");
  }, 0);
  console.log("end");
}

something();
console.log("start");
Answer
something
start
promise
end
setTimeout

Q. Predict the output of the following NodeJS code?

console.log(1);

setTimeout(() => { console.log("setTimeout")}, 0);

console.log(2);

new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   setTimeout(() => {
     console.log("Promise");
     resolve("done")}, 0);
});

console.log(3);
Answer
1
2
3
setTimeout
Promise

Q. What is the value of output?

const myPromise = () => Promise.resolve("I have resolved!");

function firstFunction() {
  myPromise().then((res) => console.log(res));
  console.log("second");
}

async function secondFunction() {
  console.log(await myPromise());
  console.log("second");
}

firstFunction();
secondFunction();
Answer

With a promise, we basically say I want to execute this function, but I'll put it aside for now while it's running since this might take a while. Only when a certain value is resolved (or rejected), and when the call stack is empty, I want to use this value.

We can get this value with both .then and the await keyword in an async function. Although we can get a promise's value with both .then and await, they work a bit differently.

In the firstFunction, we (sort of) put the myPromise function aside while it was running, but continued running the other code, which is console.log('second') in this case. Then, the function resolved with the string I have resolved, which then got logged after it saw that the callstack was empty.

With the await keyword in secondFunction, we literally pause the execution of an async function until the value has been resolved befoer moving to the next line.

This means that it waited for the myPromise to resolve with the value I have resolved, and only once that happened, we moved to the next line: second got logged.

Q. What does this return?

const firstPromise = new Promise((res, rej) => {
  setTimeout(res, 500, "one");
});

const secondPromise = new Promise((res, rej) => {
  setTimeout(res, 100, "two");
});

Promise.race([firstPromise, secondPromise]).then((res) => console.log(res));
Answer

When we pass multiple promises to the Promise.race method, it resolves/rejects the first promise that resolves/rejects. To the setTimeout method, we pass a timer: 500ms for the first promise (firstPromise), and 100ms for the second promise (secondPromise). This means that the secondPromise resolves first with the value of 'two'. res now holds the value of 'two', which gets logged.

Q. What is the output?

async function getData() {
  return await Promise.resolve("I made it!");
}

const data = getData();
console.log(data);
Answer

An async function always returns a promise. The await still has to wait for the promise to resolve: a pending promise gets returned when we call getData() in order to set data equal to it.

If we wanted to get access to the resolved value "I made it", we could have used the .then() method on data:

data.then(res => console.log(res))

This would've logged "I made it!"

Q. What is its value?

Promise.resolve(5);
Answer

We can pass any type of value we want to Promise.resolve, either a promise or a non-promise. The method itself returns a promise with the resolved value. If you pass a regular function, it'll be a resolved promise with a regular value. If you pass a promise, it'll be a resolved promise with the resolved value of that passed promise.

In this case, we just passed the numerical value 5. It returns a resolved promise with the value 5.

Q. Predict the output of the following JS code?

const abc = async function () {
  console.log("2");
  await setTimeout(async function () {
    console.log("boo");
  }, 1000);

  console.log("3");
};
abc();
Answer
2
3
boo

# Miscellaneous


Q. What is the output?

// counter.js
let counter = 10;
export default counter;
// index.js
import myCounter from "./counter";

myCounter += 1;

console.log(myCounter);
Answer

An imported module is read-only: you cannot modify the imported module. Only the module that exports them can change its value.

When we try to increment the value of myCounter, it throws an error: myCounter is read-only and cannot be modified.

Q. What is the output?

// module.js
export default () => "Hello world";
export const name = "Rishima Nair";

// index.js
import * as data from "./module";

console.log(data);
Answer

With the import * as name syntax, we import all exports from the module.js file into the index.js file as a new object called data is created. In the module.js file, there are two exports: the default export, and a named export. The default export is a function which returns the string "Hello World", and the named export is a variable called name which has the value of the string "Rishima Nair".

The data object has a default property for the default export, other properties have the names of the named exports and their corresponding values.

Q. What is the output?

// index.js
console.log("running index.js");
import { sum } from "./sum.js";
console.log(sum(1, 2));

// sum.js
console.log("running sum.js");
export const sum = (a, b) => a + b;
Answer

With the import keyword, all imported modules are pre-parsed. This means that the imported modules get run first, the code in the file which imports the module gets executed after.

This is a difference between require() in CommonJS and import! With require(), you can load dependencies on demand while the code is being run. If we would have used require instead of import, running index.js, running sum.js, 3 would have been logged to the console.

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var num = 20;
var getNumber = function () {
  console.log(num);
  var num = 10;
};
getNumber(); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

function f1() {
  num = 10;
}
f1();
console.log("window.num: " + window.num); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log("(null + undefined): " + (null + undefined)); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

(function () {
  var a = (b = 3);
})();

console.log("value of a : " + a); 
console.log("value of b : " + b); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var y = 1;
if (function f() {}) {
  y += typeof f;
}
console.log(y); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var k = 1;
if (1) {
  eval(function foo() {});
  k += typeof foo;
}
console.log(k); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var k = 1;
if (1) {
  function foo() {}
  k += typeof foo;
}
console.log(k); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log("(-1 / 0): " + -1 / 0); 
console.log("(1 / 0): " + 1 / 0); 
console.log("(0 / 0): " + 0 / 0); 
console.log("(0 / 1): " + 0 / 1); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var a = 4;
var b = "5";
var c = 6;

console.log("(a + b): " + (a + b)); 
console.log("(a - b): " + (a - b)); 
console.log("(a * b): " + a * b); 
console.log("(a / b): " + a / b); 
console.log("(a % b): " + (a % b)); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log("MAX : " + Math.max(10, 2, NaN)); 
console.log("MAX : " + Math.max()); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

(function () {
  var a = (b = 3);
})();

console.log("a defined? " + (typeof a !== "undefined")); 
console.log("b defined? " + (typeof b !== "undefined")); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var myObject = {
  foo: "bar",
  func: function () {
    var self = this;
    console.log("outer func:  this.foo = " + this.foo); 
    console.log("outer func:  self.foo = " + self.foo); 
    (function () {
      console.log("inner func:  this.foo = " + this.foo); 
      console.log("inner func:  self.foo = " + self.foo); 
    })();
  },
};
myObject.func();

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

(function () {
  console.log(1);
  setTimeout(function () {
    console.log(2);
  }, 1000);
  setTimeout(function () {
    console.log(3);
  }, 0);
  console.log(4);
})();

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var arr1 = "john".split("");
var arr2 = arr1.reverse();
var arr3 = "jones".split("");

arr2.push(arr3);

console.log("array 1: length=" + arr1.length + " last=" + arr1.slice(-1)); 
console.log("array 2: length=" + arr2.length + " last=" + arr2.slice(-1)); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(1 + "2" + "2"); 
console.log(1 + +"2" + "2"); 
console.log(1 + -"1" + "2"); 
console.log(+"1" + "1" + "2"); 
console.log("A" - "B" + "2"); 
console.log("A" - "B" + 2); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  setTimeout(function () {
    console.log(i);
  }, i * 1000);
}

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
  (function (x) {
    setTimeout(function () {
      console.log(x);
    }, x * 1000);
  })(i);
}
//Output:- 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log("0 || 1 = " + (0 || 1)); 
console.log("1 || 2 = " + (1 || 2)); 
console.log("0 && 1 = " + (0 && 1)); 
console.log("1 && 2 = " + (1 && 2)); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var a = {},
  b = { key: "b" },
  c = { key: "c" };

a[b] = 123;
a[c] = 456;
console.log(a[b]); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(
  (function f(n) {
    return n > 1 ? n * f(n - 1) : n;
  })(10)
);

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

(function (x) {
  return (function (y) {
    console.log(x); //1
  })(2);
})(1);

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var hero = {
  _name: "John Doe",
  getSecretIdentity: function () {
    return this._name;
  },
};
var stoleSecretIdentity = hero.getSecretIdentity;

console.log(stoleSecretIdentity()); 
console.log(hero.getSecretIdentity()); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var length = 10;
function fn() {
  console.log(this.length);
}

var obj = {
  length: 5,
  method: function (fn) {
    fn();
    arguments[0]();
  },
};

obj.method(fn, 1);

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var x = 21;
var girl = function () {
  console.log(x); 
  var x = 20;
};
girl();

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(1 < 2 < 3); 
console.log(3 > 2 > 1); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

console.log(typeof typeof 1); 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var b = 1;
function outer() {
  var b = 2;
  function inner() {
    b++;
    var b = 3;
    console.log(b);
  }
  inner();
}
outer();

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

x = 10;
console.log(x);
var x; 

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

var o = new F();
o.constructor === F;

Q. Predict the output of the following JavaScript code?

let sum = (a, b) => {
  a + b;
};
console.log(sum(10, 20)); 

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var output = (function (x) {
  delete x;
  return x;
})(0);

console.log(output);
Answer

The code above will output 0 as output. delete operator is used to delete a property from an object. Here x is not an object it's local variable. delete operator doesn't affect local variables.

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var x = 1;
var output = (function () {
  delete x;
  return x;
})();

console.log(output);
Answer

The code above will output 1 as output. delete operator is used to delete a property from an object. Here x is not an object it's global variable of type number.

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var x = { foo: 1 };
var output = (function () {
  delete x.foo;
  return x.foo;
})();

console.log(output);
Answer

The code above will output undefined as output. delete operator is used to delete a property from an object. Here x is an object which has foo as a property and from a self-invoking function, we are deleting the foo property of object x and after deletion, we are trying to reference deleted property foo which result undefined.

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var Employee = {
  company: "xyz",
};
var emp1 = Object.create(Employee);
delete emp1.company;
console.log(emp1.company);
Answer

The code above will output xyz as output. Here emp1 object got company as prototype property. delete operator doesn't delete prototype property.

emp1 object doesn't have company as its own property. you can test it console.log(emp1.hasOwnProperty('company')); //output : false However, we can delete company property directly from Employee object using delete Employee.company or we can also delete from emp1 object using __proto__ property delete emp1.__proto__.company.

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var bar = true;
console.log(bar + 0);
console.log(bar + "xyz");
console.log(bar + true);
console.log(bar + false);
Answer

The code above will output 1, "truexyz", 2, 1 as output. Here's a general guideline for the plus operator:

  • Number + Number -> Addition
  • Boolean + Number -> Addition
  • Boolean + Boolean -> Addition
  • Number + String -> Concatenation
  • String + Boolean -> Concatenation
  • String + String -> Concatenation

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

var z = 1,
  y = (z = typeof y);
console.log(y);
Answer

The code above will print string "undefined" as output. According to associativity rule operator with the same precedence are processed based on their associativity property of operator. Here associativity of the assignment operator is Right to Left so first typeof y will evaluate first which is string "undefined" and assigned to z and then y would be assigned the value of z. The overall sequence will look like that:

var z;
z = 1;
var y;
z = typeof y;
y = z;

Q. What will be the output of the following code?

// NFE (Named Function Expression)
var foo = function bar() {
  return 12;
};
typeof bar();
Answer

The output will be Reference Error. To fix the bug we can try to rewrite the code a little bit:

Sample 1:

var bar = function () {
  return 12;
};
typeof bar();

or

Sample 2:

function bar() {
  return 12;
}
typeof bar();

The function definition can have only one reference variable as a function name, In sample 1 bar is reference variable which is pointing to anonymous function and in sample 2 we have function statement and bar is the function name.

var foo = function bar() {
  // foo is visible here
  // bar is visible here
  console.log(typeof bar()); // Works here :)
};
// foo is visible here
// bar is undefined here

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var objA = { prop1: 42 };
var objB = objA;
objB.prop1 = 90;
console.log(objA);
Answer

The output will {prop1: 90} because we're dealing with objects here. Objects are passed by reference, that is, objA and objB point to the same object in memory.

Q. What would be the output of following code?

var objA = { prop1: 42 };
var objB = objA;
objB = {};
console.log(objA);
Answer

The output will {prop1: 42}.

When we assign objA to objB, the objB variable will point to the same object as the objB variable.

However, when we reassign objB to an empty object, we simply change where objB variable references to. This doesn't affect where objA variable references to.

Q. What is the value of window.foo?

window.foo || (window.foo = "bar");
Answer

Always 'bar'

Q. For which value of x the results of the following statements are not the same?

//  if( x <= 100 ) {...}
if( !(x > 100) ) {...}
Answer

NaN <= 100 is false and NaN > 100 is also false, so if the value of x is NaN, the statements are not the same.

The same holds true for any value of x that being converted to Number, returns NaN, e.g.: undefined, [1,2,5], {a:22}, etc.

Q. What are the three phases of event propagation?

  • Target > Capturing > Bubbling
  • Bubbling > Target > Capturing
  • Target > Bubbling > Capturing
  • Capturing > Target > Bubbling
Answer

Answer: D

During the capturing phase, the event goes through the ancestor elements down to the target element. It then reaches the target element, and bubbling begins.

Q. All object have prototypes?

  • true
  • false
Answer

Answer: B

All objects have prototypes, except for the base object. The base object is the object created by the user, or an object that is created using the new keyword. The base object has access to some methods and properties, such as .toString. This is the reason why you can use built-in JavaScript methods! All of such methods are available on the prototype. Although JavaScript can't find it directly on your object, it goes down the prototype chain and finds it there, which makes it accessible for you.

Q. How long is cool_secret accessible?

sessionStorage.setItem("cool_secret", 123);
Answer

The data stored in sessionStorage is removed after closing the tab.

If you used localStorage, the data would've been there forever, unless for example localStorage.clear() is invoked.

Q. What is the output?

for (let i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
  if (i === 3) continue;
  console.log(i);
}
Answer

The continue statement skips an iteration if a certain condition returns true.

Q. What is the event.target when clicking the button?

<div onclick="console.log('first div')">
  <div onclick="console.log('second div')">
    <button onclick="console.log('button')">Click!</button>
  </div>
</div>
Answer

The deepest nested element that caused the event is the target of the event. You can stop bubbling by event.stopPropagation

Q. When you click the paragraph, What is the logged output?

<div onclick="console.log('div')">
  <p onclick="console.log('p')">Click here!</p>
</div>
Answer

If we click p, we see two logs: p and div. During event propagation, there are 3 phases: capturing, target, and bubbling. By default, event handlers are executed in the bubbling phase (unless you set useCapture to true). It goes from the deepest nested element outwards.

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