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ecmascript-6destructuring

ES6: change a value while destructuring

Lets say I have an object 

const obj = { width: 100, height: 200 }

I wish to pass that object to a method

myFunc( obj );

Inside that method I wish to pull out the height, but at the same time subtract a value. I only wish to do this once and after that it will never change.

Doing the following will get me the correct height I want of say 150.

let {height: localHeight} = obj;
localHeight = localHeight - 50;

How do I do the above in a single line ? Something like this - but I know this doesn't work.

const { height: (localHeight = localHeight - 50) } = obj
Solution

  • It's possible, although it's a hack that hurts readability, might produce an error (if the object will contain the fake property in the future), and shouldn't be used in a real product.

    You can destructure a non existing property, and use the default value to do the subtraction.

    const obj = { width: 100, height: 200 }

const { height, localHeight = height - 50 } = obj

console.log(localHeight)