add to array beginning js 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: js add element to front of array

//Add element to front of array
var numbers = ["2", "3", "4", "5"];
numbers.unshift("1");
//Result - numbers: ["1", "2", "3", "4", "5"]

Example 3: array.unshift in javascript

//The unshift() method adds one or more elements to the beginning of an array 
//and returns the new length of the array.

const array1 = [1, 2, 3];
console.log(array1.unshift(4, 5));
// expected output: 5
console.log(array1);
// expected output: Array [4, 5, 1, 2, 3]