Removing elements with Array.map in JavaScript

Question

I would like to filter an array of items by using the map() function. Here is a code snippet:

var filteredItems = items.map(function(item)
{
            


        

Answer 1

That's not what map does. You really want Array.filter. Or if you really want to remove the elements from the original list, you're going to need to do it imperatively with a for loop.