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How to Remove Empty Elements from an Array in JavaScript

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How to Remove Empty Elements from an Array in JavaScript

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Use the filter() Method

You can simply use the filter() method to remove empty elements (or falsy values) from a JavaScript array. A falsy value is a value that is considered false in a Boolean context.

Falsy values in JavaScript includes an empty string "", false, 0, null, undefined, and NaN.

Let's check out the following example to understand how it basically works:

// Sample array
var arr = [1,2,,3,,-4,"",null,,0,,false,undefined,5,,-5,6,"",7,,];

// Performing filtration
var filtered = arr.filter(elm => elm);
console.log(filtered); // Prints: [1, 2, 3, -4, 5, -5, 6, 7]

In the above example the value 0 is also removed from the array because it is falsy value. However, if you want to keep it, you can define a custom filter callback function like this:

// Sample array
var arr = [1,2,,3,,-4,"",null,,0,,false,undefined,5,,-5,6,"",7,,];

// Defining a custom filter function
function myFilter(elm){
    return (elm != null && elm !== false && elm !== "");
}

// Performing filtration
var filtered = arr.filter(myFilter);
console.log(filtered); // Prints: [1, 2, 3, -4, 0, 5, -5, 6, 7]

Also, check out the tutorial on arrow functions to learn how to write a compact and concise function expression in JavaScript using the fat arrow (=>) notation.

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