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JavaScript Symbol unscopables Property

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The Symbol.unscopables property in Javascript is a well-known symbol that is used to specify an object value of whose own and inherited property names are excluded from the environment bindings. 

Syntax:

object[Symbol.unscopables]

Property attributes: This property holds an Object and it is not Writable, Enumerable and Configurable. 

Return value: Check the variable appears in the lexical scope variable. 

The below examples illustrate the Symbol.unscopables properties in JavaScript:

Example 1:In this example, we will see the output If all property are set to false. 

javascript




// JavaScript to illustrate Symbol.toPrimitive 
let obj1 = {
    val: "Have",
    val1: "FUN"
};
obj1[Symbol.unscopables] = {
    val1: false,
    val: false
};
with (obj1) {
    console.log(val1);
}
with (obj1) {
    console.log(val);
}


Output:

"FUN"
"Have"

Example 2: In this example, we will see the output If any property is set to true. 

javascript




// JavaScript to illustrate Symbol.toPrimitive 
let obj1 = {
    val: "Have",
    val1: "FUN"
};
obj1[Symbol.unscopables] = {
    val1: false,
    val: true
};
with (obj1) {
    console.log(val1);
}
with (obj1) {
    console.log(val);
}


Output:

"FUN"
Error: val is not defined

Example 3: In this example, we will see all the unscopables

javascript




let list = [];
 
with (Array.prototype) {
      list.push('unscopables');
}
 
console.log(Object.keys(Array.prototype[Symbol.unscopables]));


Output:

[
  'copyWithin', 'entries',
  'fill',       'find',
  'findIndex',  'flat',
  'flatMap',    'includes',
  'keys',       'values'
]

Supported Browsers: The browsers are supported by JavaScript Symbol.unscopables properties are listed below:

  • Google Chrome 45
  • Edge 12 and above
  • Firefox 48 and above
  • Opera 32 and above
  • Safari 9 and above

We have a complete list of Javascript symbols, to check those please go through the Javascript Symbol Complete Reference article.



Last Updated : 22 May, 2023
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