Return multiple values in JavaScript?

Question

I am trying to return two values in JavaScript. Is this possible?

var newCodes = function() {       var dCodes = fg.codecsCodes.rs;     var dCodes2 = fg.codecsCodes2.rs;     return dCodes, dCodes2; }; 

Answer 1

No, but you could return an array containing your values:

function getValues() {     return [getFirstValue(), getSecondValue()]; } 

Then you can access them like so:

var values = getValues(); var first = values[0]; var second = values[1]; 

With the latest ECMAScript 6 syntax*, you can also destructure the return value more intuitively:

const [first, second] = getValues(); 

If you want to put "labels" on each of the returned values (easier to maintain), you can return an object:

function getValues() {     return {         first: getFirstValue(),         second: getSecondValue(),     }; } 

And to access them:

var values = getValues(); var first = values.first; var second = values.second; 

Or with ES6 syntax:

const {first, second} = getValues(); 

^{* See this table for browser compatibility. Basically, all modern browsers aside from IE support this syntax, but you can compile ES6 code down to IE-compatible JavaScript at build time with tools like Babel.}