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