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Objects in JavaScript are mutable by default, except for strings. An object can be made immutable by freezing it with Object.freeze(). While strings are immutable in JavaScript, they can be mutable in other languages like Swift. Mutable objects are convenient because changes can be made in-place without creating a new object, but this means any references will reflect the changes.

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Objects in JavaScript are mutable by default, except for strings. An object can be made immutable by freezing it with Object.freeze(). While strings are immutable in JavaScript, they can be mutable in other languages like Swift. Mutable objects are convenient because changes can be made in-place without creating a new object, but this means any references will reflect the changes.

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11/6/2019 Mutable vs Immutable Objects | Interview Cake

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Mutable vs Immutable
Objects

A mutable object can be changed after it's created, and an immutable object can't.

In Javascript, everything (except for strings) is mutable by default:

JavaScript
const array = [4, 9];

array[0] = 1;
// array is now [1, 9]

Freezing an object makes it immutable, though:

JavaScript
const array = [4, 9];

// Make it immutable

Object.freeze(array);

array[0] = 1;

// array is still [4, 9]

Strings can be mutable or immutable depending on the language.

Strings are immutable in Javascript:

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JavaScript
const testString = 'mutable?';

testString[7] = '!';
// String is still 'mutable?'

// (but no error is raised!)

But in some other languages, like Swift, strings can be mutable:

Swift
var testString = "mutable?"

if let range = testString.range(of: "?") {

testString.replaceSubrange(range, with: "!")


// testString is now "mutable!"

Mutable objects are nice because you can make changes in-place, without allocating a new
object. But be careful—whenever you make an in-place change to an object, all references to that
object will now re ect the change.

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