javascript array 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: javascript shift

let array = ["A", "B", "C"];

//Removes the first element of the array
array.shift();

//===========================
console.log(array);
//output =>
//["B", "C"]

Example 3: javascript get first element of array

let array = [1,2,3] // makes your array
array[0] // returns first element of your array.

Example 4: javascript get first element of array

let array = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"];

// Both first1 and first2 have the same value.
let [first1] = array;
let first2 = array[0];

Example 5: js get first item from array

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