.shift()
Published Jun 18, 2021Updated Jun 9, 2022
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Removes and returns the first element of the array. All subsequent elements will shift down one place.
Syntax
array.shift();
Example
The following example shows how to shift the daysOfWeeks
array and remove the first element:
const daysOfWeek = ['Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday','Sunday',];const removed = daysOfWeek.shift();console.log('Removed day:', removed);console.log('Rest of week:', daysOfWeek);
This will produce the following output:
Removed day: MondayRest of week: [ 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday', 'Sunday' ]
Codebyte Example
The instructions of the alfredoRecipe
array are followed by a while
loop that prints each step of the recipe to the console:
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