Destructuring Arrays

Introduction

Destructuring arrays was introduced in ES6. Iterables can also be destructured via the same principle.

Syntax

const [, year, month, day] =
    /^(\d\d\d\d)-(\d\d)-(\d\d)$/
    .exec('2999-12-31');
 
console.log(`${year} ${month} ${day}`) // 2999 12 31