Discard Element in an Array, is splice the answer?

Question

/*

***If all the elements match, it should return an empty array.

***If an empty array is passed in, it should return an empty 
array.

*/



function removeElement(array, discarder) {

  if(array.length === 0) {
    array = [];
  }

  for(var i=0; i<array.length; i++) {
    if(discarder === array[i]) {
      array.splice(i, 1);
    }



    return array;
  }
}

var output = removeElement([1, 2, 3, 2, 1], 2);
console.log(output); // --> [1, 3, 1]

Does anyone know how I can delete an array element I specify in the discarder argument?

Also, I need to return an empty Array if all elements are the same. I've been stuck on this for way too long.

return array.filter(item => item!==discarder) – Vasile Radeanu Mar 13 '21 at 13:31 — Vasile Radeanu, Mar 13 '21 at 13:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '21 at 13:28

1

Try this:

function removeElement(array, discarder) {

  if(array.length === 0) {
    return array;
  }

  return array.filter(item => item !== discarder);

}

answered Mar 13 '21 at 13:28

Shuvo

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '21 at 13:31

1

You need to use Array.filter

const removeElement = (array, discarder) => array.filter(value => value !== discarder);

var output = removeElement([1, 2, 3, 2, 1], 2);
console.log(output);

answered Mar 13 '21 at 13:31

Mohammad Faisal

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Roko C. Buljan · Answer 3 · 2021-03-13T13:41:39.307

Use Array.prototype.filter. No other checks needed
Additionally you could destructure your param to make your function accept more than one discarder - and use Array.prototype.includes

const removeElement = (arr, ...rem) => arr.filter(x => !rem.includes(x));

console.log(removeElement([], 2));                    // []
console.log(removeElement([1, 2, 3, 2, 1], 2));       // [1,3,1]
console.log(removeElement([1, 2, 3, 2, 1], 2, 3));    // [1,1]
console.log(removeElement([1, 2, 3, 2, 1], 2, 3, 1)); // []

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 13 '21 at 13:34

Using splice, this would work:

function removeItemFirst(arr, value) {
  var index = arr.indexOf(value);
  if (index > -1) {
    arr.splice(index, 1);
  }
  return arr;
}

function removeItemAll(arr, value) {
  var i = 0;
  while (i < arr.length) {
    if (arr[i] === value) {
      arr.splice(i, 1);
    } else {
      ++i;
    }
  }
  return arr;
}

But better way is to use .filter() as mentioned in @Shuvo's answer.

Discard Element in an Array, is splice the answer?

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