slice first element in array javascript code example

Example 1: es6 remove first element of array

var myarray = ["item 1", "item 2", "item 3", "item 4"];

//removes the first element of the array, and returns that element.
alert(myarray.shift());
//alerts "item 1"

//removes the last element of the array, and returns that element.
alert(myarray.pop());
//alerts "item 4"

Example 2: return last two values of array in javascript

var arr1 = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7],
  arr2 = [0, 1, 2, 3];

document.body.innerHTML = 'ARRAY 1: ' + arr1.slice(1).slice(-5) + '<br/>ARRAY 2: ' + arr2.slice(1).slice(-5);