Abhiraj Bhowmick

Javascript snippets you need to know right now 🔥 - #4

Created February 22, 2022

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1️⃣ Drop Elements
This snippet returns a new array with n elements removed from the left.

<pre class="highlight javascript">```  
<span class="kd">const</span> <span class="nx">drop</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">arr</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nx">n</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">)</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="nx">arr</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="nx">slice</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nx">n</span><span class="p">);</span>

<span class="nx">drop</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">]);</span> <span class="c1">// [2,3]</span>  
<span class="nx">drop</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// [3]</span>  
<span class="nx">drop</span><span class="p">([</span><span class="mi">1</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">2</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">3</span><span class="p">],</span> <span class="mi">42</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// []</span>




2️⃣ dropRight    
This snippet returns a new array with n elements removed from the right.

```  
const dropRight = (arr, n = 1) => arr.slice(0, -n);

dropRight([1, 2, 3]); // [1,2]  
dropRight([1, 2, 3], 2); // [1]  
dropRight([1, 2, 3], 42); // []

```  
```



3️⃣ dropRightWhile    
This snippet removes elements from the right side of an array until the passed function returns true.

```  
```  
const dropRightWhile = (arr, func) => {  
  while (arr.length > 0 && !func(arr[arr.length - 1])) arr = arr.slice(0, -1);  
  return arr;  
};

dropRightWhile([1, 2, 3, 4], n => n < 3); // [1, 2]

```  
```



4️⃣ dropWhile    
This snippet removes elements from an array until the passed function returns true.

```  
```  
const dropWhile = (arr, func) => {  
  while (arr.length > 0 && !func(arr[0])) arr = arr.slice(1);  
  return arr;  
};

dropWhile([1, 2, 3, 4], n => n >= 3); // [3,4]

```  
```



5️⃣ elementContains    
This snippet checks whether the parent element contains the child.

```  
```  
const elementContains = (parent, child) => parent !== child && parent.contains(child);

elementContains(document.querySelector('head'), document.querySelector('title')); // true  
elementContains(document.querySelector('body'), document.querySelector('body')); // false

```  
```



6️⃣ Filter Duplicate Elements    
This snippet removes duplicate values in an array.

```  
```  
const filterNonUnique = arr => arr.filter(i => arr.indexOf(i) === arr.lastIndexOf(i));

filterNonUnique([1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 4, 5]); // [1, 3, 5]

```  
```



7️⃣ findKey    
This snippet returns the first key that satisfies a given function.

```  
```  
const findKey = (obj, fn) => Object.keys(obj).find(key => fn(obj[key], key, obj));

findKey(  
  {  
    barney: { age: 36, active: true },  
    fred: { age: 40, active: false },  
    pebbles: { age: 1, active: true }  
  },  
  o => o['active']  
); // 'barney'

```  
```



8️⃣ findLast    
This snippet returns the last element for which a given function returns a truthy value.

```  
```  
const findLast = (arr, fn) => arr.filter(fn).pop();

findLast([1, 2, 3, 4], n => n % 2 === 1); // 3

```  
```



9️⃣ insertAfter    
This snippet can be used to insert an HTML string after the end of a particular element.

```  
```  
const insertAfter = (el, htmlString) => el.insertAdjacentHTML('afterend', htmlString);

insertAfter(document.getElementById('myId'), '

after

'); //
...

after

``` ``` 🔟 insertBefore This snippet can be used to insert an HTML string before a particular element. ```
```  
const insertBefore = (el, htmlString) => el.insertAdjacentHTML('beforebegin', htmlString);

insertBefore(document.getElementById('myId'), '

before

'); //

before

...
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