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elightbo on 01/26/07


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Javascript detect and remove items in array (string or number)

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  1. function detectItem(originalArray, itemToDetect) {
  2. 	var j = 0;
  3. 	while (j < originalArray.length) {
  4. 		if (originalArray[j] == itemToDetect) {
  5. 			return true;
  6. 		} else { j++; }		
  7. 	}
  8. 	return false;
  9. }
  10.  
  11. //remove item (string or number) from an array
  12. function removeItem(originalArray, itemToRemove) {
  13. 	var j = 0;
  14. 	while (j < originalArray.length) {
  15. 	//	alert(originalArray[j]);
  16. 		if (originalArray[j] == itemToRemove) {
  17. 			originalArray.splice(j, 1);
  18. 	} else { j++; }
  19. }
  20. 	//	assert('hi');
  21. return originalArray;
  22. }

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