add element at start of array javascript code example

Example 1: javascript add new array element to start of array

var colors = ["white","blue"];
colors.unshift("red"); //add red to beginning of colors
// colors = ["red","white","blue"]

Example 2: insert element at beginning of array javascript

// Use unshift method if you don't mind mutating issue
// If you want to avoid mutating issue
const array = [3, 2, 1]

const newFirstElement = 4

const newArray = [newFirstElement].concat(array) // [ 4, 3, 2, 1 ]

console.log(newArray);

Example 3: prepend to array javascript

// Build an array of test data.
var data = [ "X" ];

// Unshift data onto the array. Unshift() prepends elements to
// the beginning of the given array. Note that it can take more
// than one argument. In the output, notice that when unshift()
// takes multiple arguments, they are prepended in a right-to-left
// order (mimicing their appearence in the arguments list).
data.unshift( "A" );
data.unshift( "B", "C" );

// Output resultant array.
console.log( data );