Semantic problem: Copy Array Items Using slice()

JavaScript
1

Why does adding a line of arr.slice(2,4) instead of directly return arr.slice(2,4) will output the original array in console.log()?

Your code so far


function forecast(arr) {
  // change code below this line
  arr.slice(2,4);
  return arr;
}

// do not change code below this line
console.log(forecast(['cold', 'rainy', 'warm', 'sunny', 'cool', 'thunderstorms']));

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Link to the challenge:
https://learn.freecodecamp.org/javascript-algorithms-and-data-structures/basic-data-structures/copy-array-items-using-slice

2

slice does not mutate the array, it returns a (shallow) copy. splice on the other hand does mutate the array.

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