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I am learning javascript and I want to initialize a boolean array in javascript.

I tried doing this:

 var anyBoxesChecked = [];
 var numeroPerguntas = 5;     
 for(int i=0;i<numeroPerguntas;i++)
 {
    anyBoxesChecked.push(false);
 }

But it doesn't work.

After googling I only found this way:

 public var terroristShooting : boolean[] = BooleanArrayTrue(10);
 function BooleanArrayTrue (size : int) : boolean[] {
     var boolArray = new boolean[size];
     for (var b in boolArray) b = true;
     return boolArray;
 }

But I find this a very difficult way just to initialize an array. Any one knows another way to do that?

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I know it's late but i found this efficient method to initialize array with Boolean values

    var numeroPerguntas = 5;     
    var anyBoxesChecked = new Array(numeroPerguntas).fill(false);
    console.log(anyBoxesChecked);

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Great answer. To read more about the method refer developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/…
Just a side note, this method is not supported on IE
Is that 1D or 2D?
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You were getting an error with that code that debugging would have caught. int isn't a JS keyword. Use var and your code works perfectly.

var anyBoxesChecked = [];
var numeroPerguntas = 5;     
for (var i = 0; i < numeroPerguntas; i++) {
  anyBoxesChecked.push(false);
}

DEMO

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Don't forget to tip the waitress on your way out :)
@AlbertoCrespo, by the way that second code example you gave was UnityScript rather than JavaScript. They're similar in some ways but that code would never have worked outside of a Unity environment.
Thank you, i didn't know the existence of that!
amazing answer very useful
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You can use Array.from Array.from({length: 5}, i => i = false);

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I think this could be improved by using the map function (second argument) correctly. To expand, using i there implies the first argument is the index, when it's in fact the element at that index (see docs you linked). Also, assigning to i isn't what's making this work; it's the fact that i = rvalue returns rvalue, which is all you have to do for this to work. Hence, Array.from({length: 5}, _ => false); IMO would be a better answer.
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it can also be one solution

var boolArray = [true,false];
console.log(boolArray);
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You may use Array.apply and map...

var numeroPerguntas = 5;  
var a = Array.apply(null, new Array(numeroPerguntas)).map(function(){return false});
alert(a);

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Wouldn't it be more efficient to use an integer and bitwise operations?

<script>
var boolarray = 0;

function comparray(indexArr) {
  if (boolarray&(2**(indexArr))) {
    boolarray -= 2**(indexArr);
    //do stuff if true
  } else {
    boolarray += 2**(indexArr);
    //do stuff if false
  }
}
</script>
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    Array.from({length: 5}, () => false)

Sample:

const arr = Array.from({length: 5}, () => false)
console.log(arr.join(", "))

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