# Array.from() — Description

> Array.from() lets you create Arrays from iterable objects (objects such as {{jsxref("Map")}} and {{jsxref("Set")}}); or, if the object is not iterable, array-like objects (objects with a length property and indexed elements).

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Array.from() lets you create Arrays from

iterable objects (objects such as {{jsxref("Map")}} and {{jsxref("Set")}}); or, if the object is not iterable, array-like objects (objects with a length property and indexed elements).

To convert an ordinary object that's not iterable or array-like to an array (by enumerating its property keys, values, or both), use {{jsxref("Object.keys()")}}, {{jsxref("Object.values()")}}, or {{jsxref("Object.entries()")}}. To convert an async iterable to an array, use {{jsxref("Array.fromAsync()")}}.

Array.from() never creates a sparse array. If the items object is missing some index properties, they become undefined in the new array.

Array.from() has an optional parameter mapFn, which allows you to execute a function on each element of the array being created, similar to {{jsxref("Array/map", "map()")}}. More clearly, Array.from(obj, mapFn, thisArg) has the same result as Array.from(obj).map(mapFn, thisArg), except that it does not create an intermediate array, and mapFn only receives two arguments (element, index) without the whole array, because the array is still under construction.

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; This behavior is more important for typed arrays, since the intermediate array would necessarily have values truncated to fit into the appropriate type. Array.from() is implemented to have the same signature as {{jsxref("TypedArray.from()")}}.

The Array.from() method is a generic factory method. For example, if a subclass of Array inherits the from() method, the inherited from() method will return new instances of the subclass instead of Array instances. In fact, the this value can be any constructor function that accepts a single argument representing the length of the new array. When an iterable is passed as items, the constructor is called with no arguments; when an array-like object is passed, the constructor is called with the normalized length of the array-like object. The final length will be set again when iteration finishes. If the this value is not a constructor function, the plain Array constructor is used instead.

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