array-bracket-spacing

The --fix option on the command line can automatically fix some of the problems reported by this rule.

Disallows or enforce spaces inside of brackets.

A number of style guides require or disallow spaces between array brackets and other tokens. This rule applies to both array literals and destructuring assignments (ECMAScript 6).

/*eslint-env es6*/

var arr = [ 'foo', 'bar' ];
var [ x, y ] = z;

var arr = ['foo', 'bar'];
var [x,y] = z;

Rule Details

This rule enforces consistent spacing inside array brackets.

Options

This rule has a string option:

"never" (default) disallows spaces inside array brackets
"always" requires one or more spaces or newlines inside array brackets

This rule has an object option for exceptions to the "never" option:

"singleValue": true requires one or more spaces or newlines inside brackets of array literals that contain a single element
"objectsInArrays": true requires one or more spaces or newlines between brackets of array literals and braces of their object literal elements [ { or } ]
"arraysInArrays": true requires one or more spaces or newlines between brackets of array literals and brackets of their array literal elements [ [ or ] ]

This rule has an object option for exceptions to the "always" option:

"singleValue": false disallows spaces inside brackets of array literals that contain a single element
"objectsInArrays": false disallows spaces between brackets of array literals and braces of their object literal elements [{ or }]
"arraysInArrays": false disallows spaces between brackets of array literals and brackets of their array literal elements [[ or ]]

This rule has built-in exceptions:

"never" (and also the exceptions to the "always" option) allows newlines inside array brackets, because this is a common pattern
"always" does not require spaces or newlines in empty array literals []

never

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the default "never" option:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "never"]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

var arr = [ 'foo', 'bar' ];
var arr = ['foo', 'bar' ];
var arr = [ ['foo'], 'bar'];
var arr = [[ 'foo' ], 'bar'];
var arr = [ 'foo',
  'bar'
];
var [ x, y ] = z;
var [ x,y ] = z;
var [ x, ...y ] = z;
var [ ,,x, ] = z;

Examples of correct code for this rule with the default "never" option:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "never"]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

var arr = [];
var arr = ['foo', 'bar', 'baz'];
var arr = [['foo'], 'bar', 'baz'];
var arr = [
  'foo',
  'bar',
  'baz'
];
var arr = ['foo',
  'bar'
];
var arr = [
  'foo',
  'bar'];

var [x, y] = z;
var [x,y] = z;
var [x, ...y] = z;
var [,,x,] = z;

always

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "always" option:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always"]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

var arr = ['foo', 'bar'];
var arr = ['foo', 'bar' ];
var arr = [ ['foo'], 'bar' ];
var arr = ['foo',
  'bar'
];
var arr = [
  'foo',
  'bar'];

var [x, y] = z;
var [x,y] = z;
var [x, ...y] = z;
var [,,x,] = z;

Examples of correct code for this rule with the "always" option:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always"]*/
/*eslint-env es6*/

var arr = [];
var arr = [ 'foo', 'bar', 'baz' ];
var arr = [ [ 'foo' ], 'bar', 'baz' ];
var arr = [ 'foo',
  'bar'
];
var arr = [
  'foo',
  'bar' ];
var arr = [
  'foo',
  'bar',
  'baz'
];

var [ x, y ] = z;
var [ x,y ] = z;
var [ x, ...y ] = z;
var [ ,,x, ] = z;

singleValue

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "always", { "singleValue": false } options:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always", { "singleValue": false }]*/

var foo = [ 'foo' ];
var foo = [ 'foo'];
var foo = ['foo' ];
var foo = [ 1 ];
var foo = [ 1];
var foo = [1 ];
var foo = [ [ 1, 2 ] ];
var foo = [ { 'foo': 'bar' } ];

Examples of correct code for this rule with the "always", { "singleValue": false } options:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always", { "singleValue": false }]*/

var foo = ['foo'];
var foo = [1];
var foo = [[ 1, 1 ]];
var foo = [{ 'foo': 'bar' }];

objectsInArrays

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "always", { "objectsInArrays": false } options:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always", { "objectsInArrays": false }]*/

var arr = [ { 'foo': 'bar' } ];
var arr = [ {
  'foo': 'bar'
} ]

Examples of correct code for this rule with the "always", { "objectsInArrays": false } options:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always", { "objectsInArrays": false }]*/

var arr = [{ 'foo': 'bar' }];
var arr = [{
  'foo': 'bar'
}];

arraysInArrays

Examples of incorrect code for this rule with the "always", { "arraysInArrays": false } options:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always", { "arraysInArrays": false }]*/

var arr = [ [ 1, 2 ], 2, 3, 4 ];
var arr = [ [ 1, 2 ], 2, [ 3, 4 ] ];

Examples of correct code for this rule with the "always", { "arraysInArrays": false } options:

/*eslint array-bracket-spacing: ["error", "always", { "arraysInArrays": false }]*/

var arr = [[ 1, 2 ], 2, 3, 4 ];
var arr = [[ 1, 2 ], 2, [ 3, 4 ]];

When Not To Use It

You can turn this rule off if you are not concerned with the consistency of spacing between array brackets.

Version

This rule was introduced in ESLint 0.24.0.