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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Destructuring strings is supported by TS but not by TSTL/Lua","articleBody":"Because strings are iterable, TS supports destructuring them into individual characters:\r\n\r\n`const [a, b] = \"test\"; // a = \"t\" ; b = \"e\"`;\r\n\r\nWe currently do not support that in TSTL.\r\nWe should think about adding support for handling strings in restructuring assignments. At the very least, we should throw a diagnostic that this currently does not work.\r\n\r\n\r\nCurrent behavior:\r\n\r\nhttps://typescripttolua.github.io/play/#code/GYVwdgxgLglg9mABMOcAUUAWMDOAuRANzhgBMBKAnKAJxjAHNEBvAKEQ8RoFMoQakAIijdqggNysAvq1YQE1RAG0AhgBpEAIwC6iALzJUacpNYAHOmChp1Wk0A\r\n\r\nEpected behaviour a = \"t\", b = \"e\";\r\n\r\nhttps://www.typescriptlang.org/play?#code/GYVwdgxgLglg9mABMOcAUUAWMDOAuRANzhgBMBKAnKAJxjAHNEBvAKEQ8RoFMoQakAIijdqggNysAvq1YQE1RAG0AhgBpEAIwC6iALzJUacpLkK4AG24A6C3AZp1Wk0A\r\n\r\n\r\nDiscovered while fixing #1411 \r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/lolleko","@type":"Person","name":"lolleko"},"datePublished":"2023-04-10T22:20:33.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/1429/TypeScriptToLua/issues/1429"}