What does this assignment do in javascript?

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What does this assignment do in javascript? I couldn't find any documentation about it.

const { name, email } = request.body;

Object destructuring: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/05/es6-in-depth-destructuring/ — Fabrizio Calderan, Jun 05 '19 at 12:22
It's called Object Destructuring. [See this stackoverflow thread for an explanation](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25187903/what-do-curly-braces-around-javascript-variable-name-mean) — user2868900, Jun 05 '19 at 12:23

Prisoner · Accepted Answer · 2019-06-05T12:23:45.857

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In more modern versions of ES/JS, it is roughly equivalent to

const name = request.body.name;
const email = request.body.email;

edited Jun 05 '19 at 12:23

answered Jun 05 '19 at 12:22

Prisoner

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