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Reflect.set()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨September 2016⁩.

The Reflect.set() static method is like the property accessor and assignment syntax, but as a function.

Try it

const object = {};
Reflect.set(object, "foo", 42);

console.log(object.foo);
// Expected output: 42

const array = ["duck", "duck", "duck"];
Reflect.set(array, 2, "goose");

console.log(array[2]);
// Expected output: "goose"

Syntax

Reflect.set(target, propertyKey, value)
Reflect.set(target, propertyKey, value, receiver)

Parameters

target: The target object on which to set the property.
propertyKey: The name of the property to set.
value: The value to set.
receiver Optional: The value of this provided for the call to the setter for propertyKey on target. If provided and target does not have a setter for propertyKey, the property will be set on receiver instead.

Return value

A Boolean indicating whether or not setting the property was successful.

Exceptions

TypeError: Thrown if target is not an object.

Description

Reflect.set() provides the reflective semantic of a property access. That is, Reflect.set(target, propertyKey, value, receiver) is semantically equivalent to:

target[propertyKey] = value;

Note that in a normal property access, target and receiver would observably be the same object.

Reflect.set() invokes the [[Set]] object internal method of target.

Examples

Using Reflect.set()

// Object
const obj = {};
Reflect.set(obj, "prop", "value"); // true
obj.prop; // "value"

// Array
const arr = ["duck", "duck", "duck"];
Reflect.set(arr, 2, "goose"); // true
arr[2]; // "goose"

// It can truncate an array.
Reflect.set(arr, "length", 1); // true
arr; // ["duck"]

// With just one argument, propertyKey and value are "undefined".
Reflect.set(obj); // true
Reflect.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, "undefined");
// { value: undefined, writable: true, enumerable: true, configurable: true }

Different target and receiver

When the target and receiver are different, Reflect.set will use the property descriptor of target (to find the setter or determine if the property is writable), but set the property on receiver.

const target = {};
const receiver = {};
Reflect.set(target, "a", 2, receiver); // true
// target is {}; receiver is { a: 2 }

const target = { a: 1 };
const receiver = {};
Reflect.set(target, "a", 2, receiver); // true
// target is { a: 1 }; receiver is { a: 2 }

const target = {
  set a(v) {
    this.b = v;
  },
};
const receiver = {};
Reflect.set(target, "a", 2, receiver); // true
// target is { a: [Setter] }; receiver is { b: 2 }

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification> # sec-reflect.set>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile							Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Bun	Deno	Node.js
`set`	49	12	42	36	10	49	42	36	10	5.0	49	10	1.0.0	1.0	6.0.0