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id, title, challengeType, forumTopicId
| id | title | challengeType | forumTopicId |
|---|---|---|---|
| 587d78b2367417b2b2512b0f | Remove Items from an Array with pop() and shift() | 1 | 301165 |
Description
push() and unshift() have corresponding methods that are nearly functional opposites: pop() and shift(). As you may have guessed by now, instead of adding, pop() removes an element from the end of an array, while shift() removes an element from the beginning. The key difference between pop() and shift() and their cousins push() and unshift(), is that neither method takes parameters, and each only allows an array to be modified by a single element at a time.
Let's take a look:
let greetings = ['whats up?', 'hello', 'see ya!'];
greetings.pop();
// now equals ['whats up?', 'hello']
greetings.shift();
// now equals ['hello']
We can also return the value of the removed element with either method like this:
let popped = greetings.pop();
// returns 'hello'
// greetings now equals []
Instructions
popShift, which takes an array as an argument and returns a new array. Modify the function, using pop() and shift(), to remove the first and last elements of the argument array, and assign the removed elements to their corresponding variables, so that the returned array contains their values.
Tests
tests:
- text: <code>popShift(["challenge", "is", "not", "complete"])</code> should return <code>["challenge", "complete"]</code>
testString: assert.deepEqual(popShift(['challenge', 'is', 'not', 'complete']), ["challenge", "complete"]);
- text: The <code>popShift</code> function should utilize the <code>pop()</code> method
testString: assert.notStrictEqual(popShift.toString().search(/\.pop\(/), -1);
- text: The <code>popShift</code> function should utilize the <code>shift()</code> method
testString: assert.notStrictEqual(popShift.toString().search(/\.shift\(/), -1);
Challenge Seed
function popShift(arr) {
let popped; // Change this line
let shifted; // Change this line
return [shifted, popped];
}
console.log(popShift(['challenge', 'is', 'not', 'complete']));
Solution
function popShift(arr) {
let popped = arr.pop(); // Change this line
let shifted = arr.shift(); // Change this line
return [shifted, popped];
}