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Javascript array methods part 2

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Hello everyone in this article, we will know some of Javascript Array Methods.

Before, we learned about push, unshift, splice.

Javascript array methods part 1

slice method

slice method is used for get some elements form an array,
but not remove any item from the old array.

For example:

let arr = ["a", "b", "c", "d"]; alert( arr.slice(1, 3) ); // b,c (copy from 1 to 3) alert( arr.slice(-2) ); // c,d (copy from -2 till the end)
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negative values that get values from the end.

concat method

The method arr.concat creates a new array that includes values from other arrays and additional items.

arr.concat(arg1, arg2...)
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For Example:

let arr = ['a', 'b']; // create an array from: arr and ['c','d'] alert( arr.concat(['c', 'd']) ); // a,b,c,d // create an array from: arr and ['c','d'] and ['e','f'] alert( arr.concat(['c','d'], ['e','f']) ); // a,b,c,d,e,f // create an array from: arr and ['c','d'], then add values 'e' and 'f' alert( arr.concat(['c','d'], 'e', 'f') ); // a,b,c,d,e,f
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Iterate forEach method

The arr.forEach method that executes a function for every item in arr.

The Syntax:

arr.forEach(function(item, index, array) { // ... do something with item });
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For Example, we can alert every item in an array.

let arr = [1,2,3]; arr.forEach(function(item){ alert(item); // 1 , 2 , 3 });
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You can do anything with item. For example, you can make a filter for array elements.

let arr = [1,2,3], secondArr = []; arr.forEach(function(item){ if(item >= 2){ secondArr.push(item); } }); alert(secondArr); // 2,3
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Searching in array

let's cover all method that search in an array.

indexOf, lastIndexOf and includes

The methods arr.indexOf, arr.lastIndexOf and arr.includes have the same syntax.

The Syntax:

  • arr.indexOf(item, from); find item starting from the index from;
  • arr.lastIndexOf(item, from) – same, but looks for from right to left.
  • arr.includes(item, from) – looks for item starting from index from, returns true if found. 
let arr = [1,2,3,4,5]; arr.indexOf(4, 1); // returns 3 is the index of number 4 arr.lastIndexOf(2) // returns 1 is the index of number 2 arr.includes(5) // returns true arr.includes(10) // returns false
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find and findIndex

If we have an array and we need to find any item with the specific condition.

For Example:
we have an array like this

let arr = [ { name: 'Ahmed', age: 21 }, { name: 'Mohamed', age: 25 }, { name: 'Mahmoud', age: 23 } ];
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and, we need to get the object have an age equal 21.

let theObject = arr.find(function(item){ return item.age === 21; }); console.log(theObject); // {name:'Ahmed', age:21}
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The arr.findIndex method is essentially the same, but it returns the index where the element was found instead of the element itself and -1 is returned when nothing is found.

filter method

we use arr.filter method to get an array from another array with specific condition.

let arr = [ { name: 'Ahmed', age: 21 }, { name: 'Mohamed', age: 25 }, { name: 'Mahmoud', age: 23 } ]; let newArr = arr.filter(function(item){ return item.age >= 23; }); console.log(newArr ) // [{name:'Mahmoud', age:23}, {name:'Mohamed', age:25}];
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