find and remove an element in array javascript 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

let numbers = [1,2,3,4]

// to remove last element
let lastElem = numbers.pop()

// to remove first element
let firstElem = numbers.shift()

// both these methods modify array while returning the removed element