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shift Method

Visual Studio 2010

Removes the first element from an array and returns that element.

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function shift() : Object

The shift method removes the first element from an array and returns it.

The following example illustrates the use of the shift method.

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var ar = new Array(10, 11, 12);

var s = "";
while (ar.length > 0)
   {
   var i = ar.shift();
   s += i.toString() + " ";
   }

print (s);
// Output: 10 11 12
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