var myArray =[], name;?

Question

What purpose does name have in the following statement?

var myArray =[], name;

I usually initialize my arrays as the following:

var myArray =[];

Answer 1

It is shorthand to

var myArray =[];
var name;

It is matter of personal preference.

Answer 2

You are actually initialising two variables there, myArray and name.

You set myArray to [] and name to undefined, because you don't give any value.

Your code is equivalent to this:

var myArray = [];
var name;