Remove empty elements from an array in Javascript

Question

How do I remove empty elements from an array in JavaScript?

Is there a straightforward way, or do I need to loop through it and remove them manually?

Answer 1

If you need to remove ALL empty values ("", null, undefined and 0):

arr = arr.filter(function(e){return e}); 

To remove empty values and Line breaks:

arr = arr.filter(function(e){ return e.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"")});

Example:

arr = ["hello",0,"",null,undefined,1,100," "]  
arr.filter(function(e){return e});

Return:

["hello", 1, 100, " "]

UPDATE (based on Alnitak's comment)

In some situations you may want to keep "0" in the array and remove anything else (null, undefined and ""), this is one way:

arr.filter(function(e){ return e === 0 || e });

Return:

["hello", 0, 1, 100, " "]