array get first element code example

Example 1: javascript take first element of array

const array = [1,2,3,4,5];
const firstElement = array.shift();

// array -> [2,3,4,5]
// firstElement -> 1

Example 2: first item in array php

$firstItem = array_shift($array);

Example 3: php get first element of array

$colors = array(2=>"blue",3 =>"green",1=>"red");
$firstValue = reset($colors); //blue
$firstKey = key($colors); //2

Example 4: js get first item from array

var colors = ["red", "green", "blue"];
var red=colors.shift();
//colors is now ["green","blue"];

Example 5: javascript get first element of array

let mylist = ['one','two','three','last'];
mylist[0],mylist[1],mylist[2],mylist[3];//this is called indexing and slicing in python
//in javascript it called getting elements in array