JavaScript move an item of an array to the front

Question

I want to check if an array contains \"role\". If it does, I want to move the \"role\" to the front of the array.

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Answer 1

My first thought would be:

var data= ["email","role","type","name"];

// if it's not there, or is already the first element (of index 0)
// then there's no point going further:
if (data.indexOf('role') > 0) {
    // find the current index of 'role':
    var index = data.indexOf('role');
    // using splice to remove elements from the array, starting at
    // the identified index, and affecting 1 element(s):
    data.splice(index,1);
    // putting the 'role' string back in the array:
    data.unshift('role');
}

console.log(data);

To revise, and tidy up a little:

if (data.indexOf('role') > 0) {
    data.splice(data.indexOf('role'), 1);
    data.unshift('role');
}

References:

• Array.indexOf().
• Array.prototype.splice().
• Array.unshift().