JS / Jquery - Remove multiple elements from an array by keys

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I have a set of keys (for example 2,3,4,101,102,454).

I'd like to remove elements with these keys from an array. Is there a way to remove them all at once?

I tried iterating through for loop, and using splice to remove elements one by one, but that never removed all elements - my guess is because it modifies the array I'm looping through.

pls put your code to help better.

dku.rajkumar
– dku.rajkumar

2012-01-17 15:30:19 +00:00
Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 15:30 — dku.rajkumar
– dku.rajkumar, Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 15:30

hvgotcodes · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17 15:08:11Z

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go backwards.

If you loop thru from 0 -> n, you modify the indexes of the elements coming after an item you just removed.

If you go backwards, from n -> 0, you don't have that problem.

answered Jan 17, 2012 at 15:08

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kennebec · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17 15:20:50Z

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You can sort your indexes to remove largest first-

//array=array, removal=[2,3,4,101,102,454]

var i=0, L=removal.length;
removal.sort(function(a,b){return b-a});
while(i< L){
    array.splice(removal[i],1);
}

answered Jan 17, 2012 at 15:20

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