Move an array element from one array position to another

Question

I\'m having a hard time figuring out how to move an array element. For example, given the following:

var arr = [ \'a\', \'b\', \'c\', \'d\', \'e\'];
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Answer 1

I think the best way is define a new property for Arrays

Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 'move', {
    value: function (old_index, new_index) {
        while (old_index < 0) {
            old_index += this.length;
        }
        while (new_index < 0) {
            new_index += this.length;
        }
        if (new_index >= this.length) {
            let k = new_index - this.length;
            while ((k--) + 1) {
                this.push(undefined);
            }
        }
        this.splice(new_index, 0, this.splice(old_index, 1)[0]);
        return this;
    }
});

console.log([10, 20, 30, 40, 50].move(0, 1));  // [20, 10, 30, 40, 50]
console.log([10, 20, 30, 40, 50].move(0, 2));  // [20, 30, 10, 40, 50]