How to append something to an array?

Use the Array.prototype.push method to append values to the end of an array:

// initialize array
var arr = [
  "Hi",
  "Hello",
  "Bonjour"
];

// append new value to the array
arr.push("Hola");

console.log(arr);

You can use the push() function to append more than one value to an array in a single call:

// initialize array
var arr = ["Hi", "Hello", "Bonjour", "Hola"];

// append multiple values to the array
arr.push("Salut", "Hey");

// display all values
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
  console.log(arr[i]);
}

Update

If you want to add the items of one array to another array, you can use firstArray.concat(secondArray):

var arr = [
  "apple",
  "banana",
  "cherry"
];

// Do not forget to assign the result as, unlike push, concat does not change the existing array
arr = arr.concat([
  "dragonfruit",
  "elderberry",
  "fig"
]);

console.log(arr);

Update

Just an addition to this answer if you want to prepend any value to the start of an array (i.e. first index) then you can use Array.prototype.unshift for this purpose.

var arr = [1, 2, 3];
arr.unshift(0);
console.log(arr);

It also supports appending multiple values at once just like push.

Update

Another way with ES6 syntax is to return a new array with the spread syntax. This leaves the original array unchanged, but returns a new array with new items appended, compliant with the spirit of functional programming.

const arr = [
  "Hi",
  "Hello",
  "Bonjour",
];

const newArr = [
  ...arr,
  "Salut",
];

console.log(newArr);

If you're only appending a single variable, then push() works just fine. If you need to append another array, use concat():

var ar1 = [1, 2, 3];
var ar2 = [4, 5, 6];

var ar3 = ar1.concat(ar2);

alert(ar1);
alert(ar2);
alert(ar3);

The concat does not affect ar1 and ar2 unless reassigned, for example:

var ar1 = [1, 2, 3];
var ar2 = [4, 5, 6];

ar1 = ar1.concat(ar2);
alert(ar1);

There is a lot of great information on JavaScript Reference.

Append a single element

// Append to the end
arrName.push('newName1');

// Prepend to the start
arrName.unshift('newName1');

// Insert at index 1
arrName.splice(1, 0,'newName1');
// 1: index number, 0: number of element to remove, newName1: new element


// Replace index 3 (of exists), add new element otherwise.
arrName[3] = 'newName1';

Append multiple elements

// Insert from index number 1
arrName.splice(1, 0,'newElemenet1', 'newElemenet2', 'newElemenet3');
// 1: index number from where insert starts,
// 0: number of element to remove,
//newElemenet1,2,3: new elements

Append an array

// Join two or more arrays
arrName.concat(newAry1, newAry2);
//newAry1,newAry2: Two different arrays which are to be combined (concatenated) to an existing array

You can do it using JavaScript Spread Operator Syntax:

// Initialize the array

var arr = [
    "Hi",
    "Hello",
    "Bangladesh"
];

// Append a new value to the array

arr = [...arr, "Feni"]; 

// Or you can add a variable value

var testValue = "Cool";

arr = [...arr, testValue ];

console.log(arr);

// Final output [ 'Hi', 'Hello', 'Bangladesh', 'Feni', 'Cool' ]

If you are using ES6 you can use spread operator to do it.

var arr = [
    "apple",
    "banana",
    "cherry"
];

var arr2 = [
    "dragonfruit",
    "elderberry",
    "fig"
];

arr.push(...arr2);

Append a value to an array

Since Array.prototype.push adds one or more elements to the end of an array and returns the new length of the array, sometimes we want just to get the new up-to-date array so we can do something like so:

const arr = [1, 2, 3];
const val = 4;

arr.concat([val]); // [1, 2, 3, 4]

Or just:

[...arr, val] // [1, 2, 3, 4]

Append a single item

To append a single item to an array, use the push() method provided by the Array object:

const fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple']
fruits.push('mango')
console.log(fruits)

push() mutates the original array.

To create a new array instead, use the concat() Array method:

const fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple']
const allfruits = fruits.concat('mango')
console.log(allfruits)

Notice that concat() does not actually add an item to the array, but creates a new array, which you can assign to another variable, or reassign to the original array (declaring it as let, as you cannot reassign a const):

const fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple']
const allfruits = fruits.concat('mango')
console.log(allfruits)

let fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple']
fruits = fruits.concat('mango')

Append multiple items

To append a multiple item to an array, you can use push() by calling it with multiple arguments:

const fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple']
fruits.push('mango', 'melon', 'avocado')
console.log(fruits)

You can also use the concat() method you saw before, passing a list of items separated by a comma:

const fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple']
const allfruits = fruits.concat('mango', 'melon', 'avocado')
console.log(allfruits)

or an array:

const fruits = ['banana', 'pear', 'apple']
const allfruits = fruits.concat(['mango', 'melon', 'avocado'])
console.log(allfruits)

Remember that as described previously this method does not mutate the original array, but it returns a new array.

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You can use the push() if you want to add values, e.g. arr.push("Test1", "Test2");.

If you have array you can use concat(), e.g. Array1.concat(Array2).

If you have just one element to add, you can also try the length method, e.g. array[aray.length] = 'test';.

Appending items on an array

let fruits = ["orange", "banana", "apple", "lemon"]; /* Array declaration */

fruits.push("avacado"); /* Adding an element to the array */

/* Displaying elements of the array */

for(var i=0; i < fruits.length; i++){
  console.log(fruits[i]);
}

You can use the push method.

Array.prototype.append = function(destArray){
    destArray = destArray || [];
    this.push.call(this, ...destArray);
    return this;
}
var arr = [1,2,5,67];
var arr1 = [7,4,7,8];
console.log(arr.append(arr1)); // [7, 4, 7, 8, 1, 4, 5, 67, 7]
console.log(arr.append("Hola")) // [1, 2, 5, 67, 7, 4, 7, 8, "H", "o", "l", "a"]

push() adds a new element to the end of an array.

pop() removes an element from the end of an array.

To append an object (such as a string or number) to an array, use:

array.push(toAppend);