Array.prototype.fill() with object passes reference and not new instance

Question

I was toying a bit and was trying to instantiate a new array of length x, where all elements of that array were initialized to a value y:

var arr = new Array(x).fill(y); 

This works well if the value of y is anything other than an object. Meaning that if y is an object, the following is true:

var arr = new Array(2).fill({}); arr[0] === arr[1]; //is true; arr[0].test = 'string'; arr[1].test === 'string'; //is also true; 

Is there any way to state that a new object should be created for each element while using the fill-function? Or should I just convert it to a loop?

Answer 1

You can first fill the array with any value (e.g. undefined), and then you will be able to use map:

var arr = new Array(2).fill().map(u => ({})); 

var arr = new Array(2).fill().map(Object);