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Add example of array destructuring #3118

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console.log(z); // 2
</pre>

<p>Similarly, you can destructure arrays on the left-hand side of the assignment</p>

<pre class="brush: js">const [firstElement, secondElement] = list;
// is equivalent to:
// const firstElement = list[0];
// const secondElement = list[1];
</pre>

<p>This capability is similar to features present in languages such as Perl and Python.</p>

<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>
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<h4 id="Assignment_separate_from_declaration">Assignment separate from declaration</h4>

<p>A variable can be assigned its value via destructuring separate from the variable's declaration.</p>
<p>A variable can be assigned its value via destructuring, separate from the variable's declaration.</p>

<pre class="brush: js">let a, b;

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