Frequently Used Array Examples - Javascript|Typescript

In this blog post, We are going to learn Array Examples in typescript and javascript

The array is a collection of elements/objects stored under one name.  Size of the array is fixed. As you know there are requirements to find out element in an array of typescript.

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Following is a list of frequently used array examples 

How to remove an element or object from Array

This example shows how to 

• Delete / remove element from an array  using Array.prototype.splice function
• First find an index of an element in an array using findIndex() function
• remove element from array using splice() function

var arrayStrings = new Array("one", "two", "there", "four"); 
var deleteElement = "one";
let index = this.arrayStrings.findIndex(d => d === deleteElement); 
this.arrayStrings.splice(index, 1);
console.log(arrayStrings );

Output is

0: "two"
1: "there"
2: "four"

How to Create Statically typed array of functions or callbacks

  This example shows

1. How to Create an array of interfaces 
2. How to create a Type array of callbacks or functions

First Create a named function of an interface that accepts strings and returns void Create an array of interfaces

interface MyInterface {
    (name: string): void;
}
var mycallback: MyInterface[] = [];
console.log(mycallback)

Or We can also use a typed array literal syntax for creating an array of functions

var myNewFunction: { (name: string): void; } [];

How to retrieve last element or object from an array 

This example shows

• last element of an array using array.length-1 function 
• How to find the length of an array using Array.length-1 element 
• Get the Last element of an array | array.pop() method

var arrayStrings = new Array("one", "two", "there", "four"); 
console.log(arrayStrings[arrayStrings.length-1] );
console.log(arrayStrings.pop() );

Output is

four
four

How to create a Static array in typescript class 

This example shows

1. Create a Static private array of a class
2. the getSize method returns the static array size using length function

class MyClass {
    private static stringArray: string[] = ["one", "two", "three","four"];
    getSize(): number {
        return MyClass.stringArray.length; 
    }
}
var myobject = new MyClass();
console.log(myobject.getSize());

Output is

3