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---
id: 56bbb991ad1ed5201cd392ca
title: Access Array Data with Indexes
challengeType: 1
guideUrl: 'https://guide.freecodecamp.org/certificates/access-array-data-with-indexes'
---
## Description
<section id='description'>
We can access the data inside arrays using <code>indexes</code>.
Array indexes are written in the same bracket notation that strings use, except that instead of specifying a character, they are specifying an entry in the array. Like strings, arrays use <dfn>zero-based</dfn> indexing, so the first element in an array is element <code>0</code>.
<strong>Example</strong>
<blockquote>var array = [50,60,70];<br>array[0]; // equals 50<br>var data = array[1]; // equals 60</blockquote>
<strong>Note</strong><br>There shouldn't be any spaces between the array name and the square brackets, like <code>array [0]</code>. Although JavaScript is able to process this correctly, this may confuse other programmers reading your code.
</section>
## Instructions
<section id='instructions'>
Create a variable called <code>myData</code> and set it to equal the first value of <code>myArray</code> using bracket notation.
</section>
## Tests
<section id='tests'>
```yml
tests:
- text: The variable <code>myData</code> should equal the first value of <code>myArray</code>.
testString: 'assert((function(){if(typeof myArray !== ''undefined'' && typeof myData !== ''undefined'' && myArray[0] === myData){return true;}else{return false;}})(), ''The variable <code>myData</code> should equal the first value of <code>myArray</code>.'');'
- text: The data in variable <code>myArray</code> should be accessed using bracket notation.
testString: 'assert((function(){if(code.match(/\s*=\s*myArray\[0\]/g)){return true;}else{return false;}})(), ''The data in variable <code>myArray</code> should be accessed using bracket notation.'');'
```
</section>
## Challenge Seed
<section id='challengeSeed'>
<div id='js-seed'>
```js
// Example
var ourArray = [50,60,70];
var ourData = ourArray[0]; // equals 50
// Setup
var myArray = [50,60,70];
// Only change code below this line.
```
</div>
### After Test
<div id='js-teardown'>
```js
console.info('after the test');
```
</div>
</section>
## Solution
<section id='solution'>
```js
var myArray = [50,60,70];
var myData = myArray[0];
```
</section>