selecting the first element in an array in javascript 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 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