Why doesn't splicing an object from an array in Javascript return the array?

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I have an array of objects (say, a deck of cards):

var deck = [];
deck.push(new Card(suit, rank));

The following seems to work:

var card = deck.pop();
var card = deck.shift();

(pulling from the "top" or "bottom" of the deck respectively)

But if I want a card from the middle (say, if this was a hand of cards)

var card = deck.splice(2,1);

The object doesn't seem to get properly assigned to the variable (everything is undefined). Everything I look up says that splice should return the object that I'm removing - what am I missing?

Esailija · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07 16:41:34Z

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Try

var card = deck.splice(2,1)[0];

Since splice returns an array of the removed elements...

answered Jun 7, 2012 at 16:41

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ZER0 · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07 16:41:46Z

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splice returns an array of possible removed elements, so if you remove only one element you still have an array. So:

var card = deck.splice(2, 1)[0];

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Paul · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-07 16:42:00Z

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splice should return an array containing the element you removed. The actual element can be obtained like:

var card = deck.splice(2,1)[0];

answered Jun 7, 2012 at 16:42

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:33:45Z

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Just the same error as here (even a quite similiar environment :-): .splice() returns an Array of the removed elements, not a single element. So you will need to get the first element of that array:

var card = deck.splice(2,1)[0];

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answered Jun 7, 2012 at 16:42

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