How to remove a specific item/element from an array in JavaScript?

 In JavaScript, you can remove a specific item from an array using the splice() method. The splice() method can be used to add or remove elements from an array. Here is an example code snippet:

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let array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

// remove item at index 2
array.splice(2, 1);

console.log(array);

In this code, the splice() method is called on the array object to remove one item at index 2. The first argument to splice() is the index of the item to remove, and the second argument is the number of items to remove. In this case, we only want to remove one item, so the second argument is 1.

The output of this code will be:

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[1, 2, 4, 5]

Note that the splice() method modifies the original array. If you want to create a new array with the item removed, you can use the filter() method. Here is an example code snippet:

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let array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];

// remove item 3
let newArray = array.filter(item => item !== 3);

console.log(newArray);

In this code, the filter() method is used to create a new array with all items except the one with the value of 3. The filter() method creates a new array by iterating through the original array and returning only the items that meet the condition specified in the callback function. In this case, the callback function returns true for all items except the one with the value of 3.

The output of this code will be:

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[1, 2, 4, 5]

Note that the filter() method creates a new array and does not modify the original array.