javascript removing an element from an array code example

Example 1: remove a particular element from array

var colors = ["red","blue","car","green"];
var carIndex = colors.indexOf("car");//get  "car" index
//remove car from the colors array
colors.splice(carIndex, 1); // colors = ["red","blue","green"]

Example 2: remove element from array javascript

// Remove single item
function removeItemOnce(arr, value) {
   var index = arr.indexOf(value);
   if (index > -1) {
      arr.splice(index, 1);
   }
   return arr;
}

// Remove all items
function removeItemAll(arr, value) {
   var i = 0;
   while (i < arr.length) {
      if (arr[i] === value) {
         arr.splice(i, 1);
      } else {
         ++i;
      }
   }
   return arr;
}

// Usage
console.log(removeItemOnce([2, 5, 9, 1, 5, 8, 5], 5));
console.log(removeItemAll([2, 5, 9, 1, 5, 8, 5], 5));

Example 3: javascript array remove

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// Remove Last Element (pop)
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// example (remove the last element in the array)
let yourArray = ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc", "ddd"];
yourArray.pop(); // yourArray = ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc"]

// syntax:
// <array-name>.pop();

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// Remove First Element (shift)
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// example (remove the last element in the array)
let yourArray = ["aaa", "bbb", "ccc", "ddd"];
yourArray.shift(); // yourArray = ["bbb", "ccc", "ddd"]

// syntax:
// <array-name>.shift();