How to create an array of numbers in JavaScript

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to generate an array of numbers in JavaScript in one line of code.

It’s a very handy function that you can use in your projects. For example, you need to generate a list of 10 numbers from 1 to 9, so that the output looks like:

You can use the function below to do that.

function generateArrayOfNumbers (numbers) {
  return [...Array(numbers).keys()].slice(1)
}

generateArrayOfNumbers(numbers) will generate and return N-numbers that you pass to this function as a parameter.

E.g. if you call generateArrayOfNumbers(10), the output will be:

This function uses spread operator (three dots in JavaScript), and an ES6 keys() method.

Here is a full example.

HTML

<div id="numbers"></div>

JavaScript

function generateArrayOfNumbers (numbers) {
  return [...Array(numbers).keys()].slice(1)
}

var numbers = generateArrayOfNumbers(10);

document.getElementById('numbers').innerHTML = numbers;

Output

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PS: Make sure you check other JavaScript tutorials, e.g. generate an array of years in JavaScript.