How do I empty an array in JavaScript?

Answer 1

Use a modified version of Jan's initial suggestion:

var originalLength = A.length;
for (var i = originalLength; i > 0; i--) {
     A.pop();
}

Terser:

for (let i = A.length; i > 0;A.pop(),i--) {}

Or here's another take:

while(!A[Symbol.iterator]().next().done)A.shift()