remove element out of array js 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: remove element from array javascript

let fruit = ['apple', 'banana', 'orange', 'lettuce']; 
// ^^ An example array that needs to have one item removed

fruit.splice(3, 1); // Removes an item in the array using splice() method
// First argument is the index of removal
// Second argument is the amount of items to remove from that index and on

Example 4: how to remove item from array javascript

var array = ["Item", "Item", "Delete me!", "Item"]

array.splice(2,1) // array is now ["Item","Item","Item"]