array slice and splice code example

Example 1: javascript slice vs splice

var array=[1,2,3,4,5]
console.log(array.slice(2));
// shows [3, 4, 5], returned selected element(s).
 
console.log(array.slice(-2));
// shows [4, 5], returned selected element(s).
console.log(array);
// shows [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], original array remains intact.
 
var array2=[6,7,8,9,0];
console.log(array2.slice(2,4));
// shows [8, 9]
 
console.log(array2.slice(-2,4));
// shows [9]
 
console.log(array2.slice(-3,-1));
// shows [8, 9]
 
console.log(array2);
// shows [6, 7, 8, 9, 0]

Example 2: javascript splice

let arr = ['foo', 'bar', 10, 'qux'];

// arr.splice(<index>, <steps>, [elements ...]);

arr.splice(1, 1);			// Removes 1 item at index 1
// => ['foo', 10, 'qux']

arr.splice(2, 1, 'tmp');	// Replaces 1 item at index 2 with 'tmp'
// => ['foo', 10, 'tmp']

arr.splice(0, 1, 'x', 'y');	// Inserts 'x' and 'y' replacing 1 item at index 0
// => ['x', 'y', 10, 'tmp']