JavaScript .pop()
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Published Jun 18, 2021Updated Jun 1, 2023
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Removes the last element of an array, decrements the array length, and returns the value that it removed.
Syntax
array.pop();
Example
To pop the element 'sleep'
from the schedule
array:
const schedule = ['wake up', 'eat', 'work', 'play', 'sleep'];const lastThingToDo = schedule.pop();console.log(lastThingToDo);console.log(schedule);
This results in the following output:
sleep['wake up', 'eat', 'work', 'play']
Codebyte Example
The following example below uses .pop()
on an array, flavor
, to remove the last element.
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