Let's say that I have a array with objects inside of it. What happens after I do array.shift(); with the object that dissapears?

Question

Is that object deleted? Or where does it go?

Answer 1

if you call shift function in an assignment,

let obj = arr.shift();

Then the object is stored in the variable obj;

If you call shift() without assignment,

arr.shift();

Then the object is destroy to memory space, following JavaScript garbage collection.

Answer 2

You choose between shift(), pop() and splice() depends on your need.

https://code.sololearn.com/W3cNMx37R657/?ref=app

Answer 3

I needed to delete the first element of a array.
Thanks fpr the help!

Answer 4

💜 Alex Tușinean 🍇 ,
It might be lost if not used anywhere else from what i understood from that article :

https://javascript.info/garbage-collection

Answer 5

Gordon is shift() a proper way to remove a object from a array?