The spread guy allow us extract/expand data from an array make our lifes easier. Confused? I guess I could not explain. Go to practice. Imagine the following arrays:

let mortalKombat = ['Scorpion', 'Sub Zero', 'Liu Kang'];
let newCharacters = ['Reptile', 'Kitana'];

If we had to add the new fighters to the main array, we could try something like that:

mortalKombat.push(newCharacters);

console.log(mortalKombat);
// ['Scorpion', 'Sub Zero', 'Liu Kang', ['Reptile', 'Kitana']]

The data is there, but not in the way that we want. So we need to manipulate it before:

newCharacters.forEach(function(fighter) {
  mortalKombat.push(fighter);
});

console.log(mortalKombat);
// ['Scorpion', 'Sub Zero', 'Liu Kang', 'Reptile', 'Kitana']

The operator spread arrives making magic and leaving everything beautiful.

mortalKombat.push(...newCharacters);

console.log(mortalKombat);
// ['Scorpion', 'Sub Zero', 'Liu Kang', 'Reptile', 'Kitana']

Here you can find an JS Bin with the examples.

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