delete element from list javascript code example

Example 1: remove a particular element from array

var colors = ["red","blue","car","green"];
var carIndex = colors.indexOf("car");//get  "car" index
//remove car from the colors array
colors.splice(carIndex, 1); // colors = ["red","blue","green"]

Example 2: delete item from list javascript

const array = [1, 2, 3];
const index = array.indexOf(2);
if (index > -1) {
  array.splice(index, 1);
}

Example 3: remove element from array in js

var myArray = ["Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday"];

//removing element using splice method -- 
//arr.splice(index of the item to be removed, number of elements to be removed)
//Here lets remove Sunday -- index 0 and Monday -- index 1
  myArray.splice(0,2)

//using filter method
let itemToBeRemoved = ["Sunday", "Monday"]
var filteredArray = myArray.filter(item => !itemToBeRemoved.includes(item))

Example 4: remove array elements javascript

let forDeletion = [2, 3, 5]

let arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 3]

arr = arr.filter(item => !forDeletion.includes(item))
// !!! Read below about array.includes(...) support !!!

console.log(arr)
// [ 1, 4 ]

Example 5: delete element from list javascript

const array = [2, 5, 9];

console.log(array);

const index = array.indexOf(5);
if (index > -1) {
  array.splice(index, 1);
}

// array = [2, 9]
console.log(array);

Example 6: remove item at index in array javascript

// remove element at certain index without changing original
let arr = [0,1,2,3,4,5]
let newArr = [...arr]
newArr.splice(1,1)//remove 1 element from index 1
console.log(arr) // [0,1,2,3,4,5]
console.log(newArr)// [0,2,3,4,5]