How to remove an object from an array without returning a new array while using native javascript

Question

I have an array of objects such as Id:1, Name:Greg

Now I need to remove the object with an Id of 5.

I just need the existing array with the item removed, not a new array.

I don't want to use an external library to do this.

(The suggested duplicate answer is for deleting a number of objects at once, which is not what I want to do.)

What I would like to do is call

 remove(theArray, theObject);

and it would remove it from the array.

The accepted answer in the duplicate tells you how to do this. You'll have to modify that code a little, but the main point is to use `.splice()`. — nnnnnn, Jul 17 '16 at 02:06
See also [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/10024943/615754) from another question that is closer to yours (or other answers from that question). — nnnnnn, Jul 17 '16 at 02:13

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 17 '16 at 14:31

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Look into array.splice method. You can pass it the index if object and 1 for delete count. This modifies the original array.

The splice() method changes the content of an array by removing existing elements and/or adding new elements.

array.splice(start, deleteCount[, item1[, item2[, ...]]])

var index = items.indexOf(itemToFind);
items.splice(index, 1);

edited Jul 17 '16 at 14:31

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answered Jul 17 '16 at 01:47

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How to remove an object from an array without returning a new array while using native javascript

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