---
title: Array.length
slug: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/length
tags:
  - JavaScript
  - 参考
  - 属性
  - 数组
translation_of: Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/length
---
<p>{{JSRef}}</p>

<p><code><strong>length</strong></code> 是<code>Array</code>的实例属性。返回或设置一个数组中的元素个数。该值是一个无符号 32-bit 整数,并且总是大于数组最高项的下标。</p>

<div>{{EmbedInteractiveExample("pages/js/array-length.html")}}</div>

<h2 id="Description">描述</h2>

<p><code>length</code> 属性的值是一个 0 到 2^32 - 1 的整数。</p>

<pre class="brush: js">var namelistA = new Array(4294967296); // 2的32次方 = 4294967296
var namelistC = new Array(-100) // 负号

console.log(namelistA.length); // RangeError: 无效数组长度
console.log(namelistC.length); // RangeError: 无效数组长度



var namelistB = [];
namelistB.length = Math.pow(2,32)-1; //set array length less than 2 to the 32nd power
console.log(namelistB.length);

// 4294967295
</pre>

<p>你可以设置 <code>length</code> 属性的值来截断任何数组。当通过改变<code>length</code>属性值来扩展数组时,实际元素的数目将会增加。例如:将一个拥有 2 个元素的数组的 <code>length</code> 属性值设为 3 时,那么这个数组将会包含3个元素,并且,第三个元素的值将会是 <code>undefined</code> 。</p>

<pre><code>var arr = [1, 2, 3];
printEntries(arr);

arr.length = 5; // set array length to 5 while currently 3.
printEntries(arr);

function printEntries(arr) {
  var goNext = true;
  var entries = arr.entries();
  while (goNext) {
    var result = entries.next();
    if (result.done !== true) {
      console.log(result.value[1]);
      goNext = true;
    } else
      goNext = false;
  }
  console.log('=== printed ===');
}

// 1
// 2
// 3
// === printed ===
// 1
// 2
// 3
// undefined
// undefined
// === printed ===</code></pre>

<p>但是, <code>length</code> 属性不一定表示数组中定义值的个数。了解更多:<a href="/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array#Relationship_between_length_and_numerical_properties">长度与数值下标属性之间的关系</a>。</p>

<p>{{js_property_attributes(1, 0, 0)}}</p>

<ul>
 <li><code>Writable</code> :如果设置为<code>false</code>,该属性值将不能被修改。</li>
 <li><code>Configurable</code> :如果设置为<code>false</code>,删除或更改任何属性都将会失败。</li>
 <li><code>Enumerable</code> :如果设置为 <code>true</code> ,属性可以通过迭代器<a href="zh-CN/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/for">for</a>或<a href="/zh-CN/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/for...in">for...in</a>进行迭代。</li>
</ul>

<h2 id="Examples">示例 </h2>

<h3 id="Example:_Iterating_over_an_array">遍历数组</h3>

<p>下面的例子中,通过数组下标遍历数组元素,并把每个元素的值修改为原值的2倍。</p>

<pre class="brush: js">var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
var length = numbers.length;
for (var i = 0; i &lt; length; i++) {
  numbers[i] *= 2;
}
// 遍历后的结果 [2, 4, 6, 8, 10]</pre>

<h3 id="Example:_Shortening_an_array">截断数组</h3>

<p>下面的例子中,如果数组长度大于 3,则把该数组的长度截断为 3 。</p>

<pre class="brush: js">var numbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

if (numbers.length &gt; 3) {
  numbers.length = 3;
}

console.log(numbers); // [1, 2, 3]
console.log(numbers.length); // 3</pre>

<h2 id="规范">规范</h2>

<table>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('ES1')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('ES1')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('ES5.1', '#sec-15.4.5.2', 'Array.length')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('ES5.1')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('ES6', '#sec-properties-of-array-instances-length', 'Array.length')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('ES6')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('ESDraft', '#sec-properties-of-array-instances-length', 'Array.length')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('ESDraft')}}</td>
   <td> </td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>

<h2 id="浏览器兼容性">浏览器兼容性</h2>

<div>


<p>{{Compat("javascript.builtins.Array.length")}}</p>
</div>

<h2 id="相关链接">相关链接</h2>

<ul>
 <li>{{jsxref("Array")}}</li>
</ul>