Why not delete all elements of the array by reassigning it to []?

Very often there are times when we want to delete all elements of an array, as an option, we have a list of tasks, and we want to delete all tasks at the same time.

Consider the following list of elements:

let items = ["tea", "coffee", "milk"];

To remove all elements from an array, we set its value to an empty array

items = [];

This works fine, and you will find that this example is used constantly. But there is a problem with this ...

:

let items = ["tea", "coffee", "milk"];
let copy = items;

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console.log(items); // ["tea", "coffee", "milk"]
console.log(copy); // ["tea", "coffee", "milk"]

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copy[2] = "oranges";
console.log(items); // ["tea", "coffee", "oranges"]
console.log(copy); // ["tea", "coffee", "oranges"]

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items = [];

, items copy

console.log(items); // []
console.log(copy); // ["tea", "coffee", "oranges"]

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. obj = {name: 'David'}, obj , , .

let obj = { name: 'David' };
let newObj = obj;
console.log(obj); // { name: 'David' }
console.log(newObj); // { name: 'David' }
obj = null;
console.log(obj); // null
console.log(newObj); // { name: 'David' }

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1. 0:
   

   let items = ["tea", "coffee", "milk"];
   let copy = items;
   console.log(items); // ["tea", "coffee", "milk"]
   console.log(copy); // ["tea", "coffee", "milk"]
   items.length = 0;
   console.log(items); // []
   console.log(copy); // []

2. splice :
   

   let items = ["tea", "coffee", "milk"];
   let copy = items;
   console.log(items); // ["tea", "coffee", "milk"]
   console.log(copy); // ["tea", "coffee", "milk"]
   //   ,    0     
   items.splice(0, items.length);
   console.log(items); // []
   console.log(copy); // []

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We should not create additional links for an array or object, as this may lead to an undesirable result in the future. If you are sure that there are no references (* and will not appear) to the original array that we need to clear, then you can use array = [] to clear it, otherwise use either of the above two methods to clear the array.