Fill all elements within a portion of an array with a specified value.
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> Fill all elements within a portion of an array with a specified value.
``bash`
npm install @stdlib/array-base-fill
`javascript`
var fill = require( '@stdlib/array-base-fill' );
#### fill( x, value, start, end )
Fills all elements within a portion of an array from an inclusive start index to an exclusive end index with a specified value.
`javascript
var x = [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ];
var out = fill( x, 10, 1, 4 );
// returns [ 1, 10, 10, 10, 5, 6 ]
var bool = ( out === x );
// returns true
`
- If provided an array-like object having a fill method, the function defers execution to that method and assumes that the method API has the following signature:
`text`
x.fill( value, start, end )
- If provided an array-like object without a fill method, the function manually sets input array elements to a provided fill value.
- Negative start and end indices are resolved to positive indices by counting from the end of the array with -1 corresponding to the last indexed element.
- The function mutates the input array.
`javascript
var Float64Array = require( '@stdlib/array-float64' );
var zeroTo = require( '@stdlib/array-base-zero-to' );
var fill = require( '@stdlib/array-base-fill' );
var x = new Float64Array( zeroTo( 6 ) );
// returns
var y = fill( x, 10.0, 0, 6 );
// returns
y = fill( x, 0.0, 0, 4 );
// returns
y = fill( x, 20.0, 2, 6 );
// returns
y = fill( x, 30.0, 2, 4 );
// returns
`
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