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Array Destructuring Skipping Values

My airbnb styleguide told me I should use Array Destructuring for the assignment below. const splittedArr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] const result = splittedArr[1]; So I wrote it like this using skipping values , to get the second element. const splittedArr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] const [, result] = splittedArr; const splittedArr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] const result = splittedArr[1]; const [, res] = splittedArr; console.log(result, res); But for instance when I have a higher indice to destruct const splittedArr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] const result = splittedArr[5]; This would mean I have to write it like const splittedArr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] const [,,,, result] = splittedArr; const splittedArr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] const result = splittedArr[4]; const [, , , , res] = splittedArr; console.log(result, res); Question: Is there a better way to write Array Destructuring with skipping values in JavaScript?

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