How to get a slice from "arguments"

All you know that arguments is a special object that holds all the arguments passed to the function.

And as long as it is not an array - you cannot use something like arguments.slice(1).

So the question - how to slice everything but first element from arguments?

UPD:

seems like there is no way without converting it to an array with

var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments);

If someone posts another solution it would be great, if not - I'll check the first one with the line above as an answer.

Solution 1:

Q. How to slice everything but first element from arguments?

The following will return an array containing all arguments except the first:

var slicedArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);

You don't have to convert arguments to an array first, do it all in one step.

Solution 2:

Meddling with array functions is not actually necessary.

Using rest parameter syntax ...rest is cleaner and more convenient.

Example

function argumentTest(first, ...rest) {
  console.log("First arg:" + first);

  // loop through the rest of the parameters
  for (let arg of rest) {
    console.log("- " + arg);
  }
}

// call your function with any number of arguments
argumentTest("first arg", "#2", "more arguments", "this is not an argument but a contradiction");

...Rest

• See the example Fiddle
• See MDN Documentation page