At the risk of demonstrating my lack of knowledge surrounding TypeScript types - I have the following question.
When you make a type declaration for an array like this...
position: Array<number>;
...it will let you make an array with arbitrary length. However, if you want an array containing numbers with a specific length i.e. 3 for x,y,z components can you make a type with for a fixed length array, something like this?
position: Array<3>
Any help or clarification appreciated!
The JavaScript array has a constructor that accepts the length of the array:
let arr = new Array<number>(3);
console.log(arr); // [undefined × 3]
However, this is just the initial size, there's no restriction on changing that:
arr.push(5);
console.log(arr); // [undefined × 3, 5]
TypeScript has tuple types which let you define an array with a specific length and types:
let arr: [number, number, number];
arr = [1, 2, 3]; // ok
arr = [1, 2]; // Type '[number, number]' is not assignable to type '[number, number, number]'
arr = [1, 2, "3"]; // Type '[number, number, string]' is not assignable to type '[number, number, number]'