Square brackets around vs after expression in Typescript

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Is there a difference between the following two square bracket notations in Typescript? Tried a couple of scenarios and it seems they are equivalent?

interface test {
  a: string;
  b: string;
}

const x: test[] = [{a: "aaaa", b: "bbbb"}]

const y: [test] = [{a: "aaaa", b: "bbbb"}]
Jun 3, 2022 in TypeSript by Logan
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1 answer to this question.

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x is an Array, while y is a Tuple.

The difference is observable even in this simple case.

interface test {
  a: string;
  b: string;
}

const x: test[] = [{a: "aaaa", b: "bbbb"}]
const y: [test] = [{a: "aaaa", b: "bbbb"}]

x.push({a: "a1", b: "b1"});  // works fine
y.push({a: "a1", b: "b1"});  // works fine

const a = x[1]; // works fine 
const b = y[1]; // compilation error 
                // Tuple type '[test]' of length '1' has no element at index '1'.
answered Jun 7, 2022 by Nina
• 3,060 points

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