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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Removing Items from an Array

Posted by Daniel Williams
Daniel Williams
Courses Plus Student 1,325 Points

unable to place the first item in the orderQueue into the shipping array

not sure what i am doing wrong but would like some help

script.js 
var orderQueue = ['1XT567437','1U7857317','1I9222528'];
orderQueue.shift('1XT567437');
var shipping = [];
shipping.unshift('1XT567437');
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Dale Severude
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Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 Points
Dale Severude
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Dale Severude
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 71,350 Points

Hi Daniel,

Shipping is supposed to be a variable, not an array. This simplifies things so that you can declare shipping to be equal to the return value of running shift on orderQueue.

var shipping = orderQueue.shift();