Let’s say, we have an array of numbers and we added elements to it. You need to devise a simple way to remove a specific element from an array.
The following is what we are looking for −
array.remove(number);
We have to use core JavaScript. Frameworks are not allowed.
Example
The code for this will be −
const arr = [2, 5, 9, 1, 5, 8, 5]; const removeInstances = function(el){ const { length } = this; for(let i = 0; i < this.length; ){ if(el !== this[i]){ i++; continue; } else{ this.splice(i, 1); }; }; // if any item is removed return true, false otherwise if(this.length !== length){ return true; }; return false; }; Array.prototype.removeInstances = removeInstances; console.log(arr.removeInstances(5)); console.log(arr);
Output
And the output in the console will be −
true [ 2, 9, 1, 8 ]