to remove first and last element in array

Question

How to remove first and last element in an array?

For example:

var fruits = [\"Banana\", \"Orange\", \"Apple\", \"Mango\"];

Expecte

Answer 1

Say you have array named list. The Splice() function can be used for both adding and removing item in that array in specific index i.e that can be in the beginning or in the end or at any index. On the contrary there are another function name shift() and pop() which is capable of removing only the first and last item in the array.

This is the Shift Function which is only capable of removing the first element of the array

var item = [ 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 ]; // say you have this number series 
item.shift(); // [ 1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34 ];

The Pop Function removes item from an array at its last index

item.pop(); // [ 1,2,3,5,8,13,21 ];

Now comes the splice function by which you can remove item at any index

item.slice(0,1); // [ 2,3,5,8,13,21 ] removes the first object
item.slice(item.length-1,1); // [ 2,3,5,8,13 ] removes the last object 

The slice function accepts two parameters (Index to start with, number of steps to go);