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JavaScript Object-Oriented JavaScript: Challenge Rendering the Game Getter Methods Solution

Ryan Belshaw-Weir
Ryan Belshaw-Weir
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Posted by Ryan Belshaw-Weir
Ryan Belshaw-Weir
5,721 Points

Is return this.unusedTokens.shift() the same as return this.unusedTokens[0]?

I was wondering is there any difference between the Is return this.unusedTokens.shift() and this.unusedTokens[0]?

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Both of those expressions will return the first token, but when you use "shift" it removes it from the array.

Ryan Belshaw-Weir
Ryan Belshaw-Weir
5,721 Points
Ryan Belshaw-Weir
Ryan Belshaw-Weir
5,721 Points

That's what I thought but if I log game.activePlayer.unusedTokens to the console before and after the shift expression it is the same. Why is that?

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,275 Points

Perhaps "this" is something other than "game.activePlayer", and you're looking at the wrong list.

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