Passing Variable Number of Arguments to JavaScript Functions

JavaScript offers flexibility in passing arguments to functions, including the ability to send a variable number of arguments from an array.

Variable Arity via arguments

Like Python, JavaScript has a special arguments object that represents all arguments passed to a function. This object contains each argument as an indexable property. For example:

function func() {
  console.log(arguments.length);
  for (arg in arguments) console.log(arg);
}

func('a', 'b', 'c', 'd'); // prints 4 and 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd'

Passing an Array as Arguments

However, passing an array directly to a function as arguments will not achieve the desired result. Instead, the array itself will be treated as a single argument. To pass an array as individual arguments, you can use the apply() method:

var arr = ['a', 'b', 'c'];

function func() {
  console.log(this); // 'test'
  console.log(arguments.length); // 3

  for (var i = 0; i 
This will print 'test', 3, 'a', 'b', and 'c'.
Spread Syntax (ES6 )
Since ES6, JavaScript introduced the spread syntax (...), which provides a more concise way to achieve the same result:
func(...arr);
This will expand the elements of arr into individual arguments passed to the function.
Named Parameters with Spread Syntax (ES6 )
You can also combine named parameters with the spread syntax to specify that some arguments should be treated as an array:
function func(first, second, ...theRest) {
  //...
}
Conclusion
JavaScript allows for passing a variable number of arguments to functions through the arguments object or, in ES6 and later, using the spread syntax. This flexibility enables a variety of use cases, such as creating generic functions that can handle an arbitrary number of inputs.