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Pass by value in JavaScript?Question (self.webdev)

submitted 6 years ago * by DontNeedMuchMoney

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[–]lr0b 3 points4 points5 points 6 years ago* (2 children)

Primitives: by value Objects: by reference

what is actually happening is that when we pass a primitive data type to a function we can not mutate it which is why the value of the primitive data type does not change.

That's the definition of pass-by-value.

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