Vanilla JS Remove Array Element By Reference

Question

I am aware that you can remove and element from javascript array in various ways like using Array.splice(), pop(), etc. or by its value. Now I wonder, is it possible using vanilla js to remove an element of a javascript array by reference like you do in other programming language like c#?

example:

    var item = items.find(function(item) { return item.acreg === "abc-123";});
    //do some other things with item
    items.remove(item);

Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5767325/remove-a-particular-element-from-an-array-in-javascript You may find the index of element by reference using .indexOf() method — Peeyush Kushwaha, May 18 '16 at 06:58

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '16 at 07:09

Yes you can.

Use indexOf with Array.splice:

var fruits = ["banana", "apple", "watermelon"];

// Remove "apple" only if indexOf found a matching element in the array
if ( fruits.indexOf("apple") > -1 ) {
    fruits.splice( fruits.indexOf("apple") , 1 )
}

This is overly simplified, but should get you in the right direction.

Vanilla JS Remove Array Element By Reference

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