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Replies for: So when it comes to describing things like this, I like to try and make it analogous as possible. Lets pretend that you have a treasure chest, and...

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Estee Tey •

To add on to the great explanation by @coderjoe82 , you need to be mindful of the case where you assign an object as a const, say

const user = { name: "Bob" }
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You can reassign the name property in this object with no problems.

user.name = "Alice" // will not throw error
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But if you reassign a different instance then it will throw an error

user = {name: "Carl"} //throw error
user = "Carl" // throw error
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Joseph Padgett • • Edited

Yes to this!

I was trying to keep it basic so as not to confuse, because speaking in a newcomer terms, saying "You can't change WHAT type of value const has, if you have an array or object, you can change what's IN the type of value that it has" can be a little mind blowing until you're more comfortable, hah!