Most efficient way to create a zero filled JavaScript array?

Question

What is the most efficient way to create an arbitrary length zero filled array in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Although this is an old thread, I wanted to add my 2 cents to it. Not sure how slow/fast this is, but it's a quick one liner. Here is what I do:

If I want to pre-fill with a number:

Array.apply(null, Array(5)).map(Number.prototype.valueOf,0);
// [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]

If I want to pre-fill with a string:

Array.apply(null, Array(3)).map(String.prototype.valueOf,"hi")
// ["hi", "hi", "hi"]

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Other answers have suggested:

new Array(5+1).join('0').split('')
// ["0", "0", "0", "0", "0"]

but if you want 0 (the number) and not "0" (zero inside a string), you can do:

new Array(5+1).join('0').split('').map(parseFloat)
// [0, 0, 0, 0, 0]