Why after 'splice', the result is 10? Why not 5 + 1 = 6?

JavaScript
#1

Tell us what’s happening:

Your code so far


function sumOfTen(arr) {
  // change code below this line
  arr.splice(1,2);
  // change code above this line
  return arr.reduce((a, b) => a + b);
}

// do not change code below this line
console.log(sumOfTen([2, 5, 1, 5, 2, 1]));
#2

First parameter of splice takes in starting index. In this case 5. The second parameter takes how many items from the initial index it should remove. It means remove 5 and 1.

If you add up the rest of them, it’s 10.

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#3

You need to store the new array resulting from arr.splice(1,2) in order to use reduce on it.

You can do:

arr = arr.splice(1,2) and then arr.reduce((a,b)=> a+b)

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#4

You don’t have to assign result of applying the [].splice() because it mutates the original array.
@tuanldhe140929 as a suggestion I advise you to compare Array.prototype.splice() and Array.prototype.slice()

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#5

Sorry @Deylraytop, I misunderstood the question.
I thought that @tuanldhe140929 wanted the result to be 6, and he could obtain it with the array returned from arr.splice() that is the array containing the elements deleted from the original one ([5,1]). That’s why I suggested it.

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#6

@Alessia no worries. We are here to help one another. :slightly_smiling_face:

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#7

.splice() is evil.

My suggestion is to avoid it all together.

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