Multiple left-hand assignment with JavaScript

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var var1 = 1,
    var2 = 1,
    var3 = 1;

This is equivalent to this:

var var1 = var2 = var3 = 1;

I'm fairly certain this is the order the variables are defined: var3, var2, var1, which would be equivalent to this:

var var3 = 1, var2 = var3, var1 = var2;

Is there any way to confirm this in JavaScript? Using some profiler possibly?

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7 Answers

It is clear by now, that they are not the same. The way to code that is

var var1, var2, var3
var1 = var2 = var3 = 1

And, what about let assigment? Exactly the same as var, don't let the let assigment confuse you because of block scope.

let var1 = var2 = 1 // here var2 belong to the global scope

We could do the following:

let v1, v2, v3
v1 = v2 = v3 = 2

Note: btw, I do not recommend use multiple assignments, not even multiple declarations in the same line.

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