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How can I remove a specific item from an array in JavaScript?
How do I remove a specific value from an array? Something like:
array.remove(value);
Constraints: I have to use core JavaScript. Frameworks are not allowed.
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How do I check if an element is hidden in jQuery?
How do I toggle the visibility of an element using .hide(), .show(), or .toggle()?
How do I test if an element is visible or hidden?
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What does "use strict" do in JavaScript, and what is the reasoning behind it?
Recently, I ran some of my JavaScript code through Crockford's JSLint, and it gave the following error:
Problem at line 1 character 1: Missing "use strict" statement.
Doing some searching, ...
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How do I redirect to another webpage?
How can I redirect the user from one page to another using jQuery or pure JavaScript?
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var functionName = function() {} vs function functionName() {}
I've recently started maintaining someone else's JavaScript code. I'm fixing bugs, adding features and also trying to tidy up the code and make it more consistent.
The previous developer used two ways ...
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How do JavaScript closures work?
How would you explain JavaScript closures to someone with a knowledge of the concepts they consist of (for example functions, variables and the like), but does not understand closures themselves?
I ...
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How do I remove a property from a JavaScript object?
Given an object:
let myObject = {
"ircEvent": "PRIVMSG",
"method": "newURI",
"regex": "^http://.*"
};
How do I remove the property ...
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How to check whether a string contains a substring in JavaScript?
Usually I would expect a String.contains() method, but there doesn't seem to be one.
What is a reasonable way to check for this?
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How do I return the response from an asynchronous call?
How do I return the response/result from a function foo that makes an asynchronous request?
I am trying to return the value from the callback, as well as assigning the result to a local variable ...
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What is the difference between "let" and "var"?
ECMAScript 6 introduced the let declaration keyword.
I've heard that it's described as a local variable, but I'm still not quite sure how it behaves differently than the var keyword.
What are the ...
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How do I include a JavaScript file in another JavaScript file?
How do I include a JavaScript file inside another JavaScript file, similar to @import in CSS?
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Loop (for each) over an array in JavaScript
How can I loop through all the entries in an array using JavaScript?
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Which equals operator (== vs ===) should be used in JavaScript comparisons?
I'm using JSLint to go through JavaScript, and it's returning many suggestions to replace == (two equals signs) with === (three equals signs) when doing things like comparing idSele_UNVEHtype.value....
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How do I replace all occurrences of a string?
Given a string:
string = "Test abc test test abc test test test abc test test abc";
This seems to only remove the first occurrence of abc in the string above:
string = string.replace('abc', ...
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How do I create a GUID / UUID?
How do I create GUIDs (globally-unique identifiers) in JavaScript? The GUID / UUID should be at least 32 characters and should stay in the ASCII range to avoid trouble when passing them around.
I'm ...