The following piece of javascript code is going to work fine. function tryVariableArguments() { var intCnt = 0; for (intCnt = 0; intCnt < tryVariableArguments.arguments.length; intCnt++) { alert(tryVariableArguments.arguments[intCnt]); } } Trial Page tryVariableArguments('1','2','3'); tryVariableArguments('1','2'); tryVariableArguments();