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Collect.js shift() Method

The shift() method is used to remove the first element from collection and returns it.

Syntax:

collect(array).shift()

Parameters: The collect() method takes one argument that is converted into the collection and then shift() method is applied on it.

Return Value: This method returns the first element of given collection.

Below example illustrate the shift() method in collect.js:

Example 1:

Javascript




const collect = require('collect.js');
  
const collection = collect(['Geeks', 
    'GFG', 'neveropen', 'Welcome']);
  
const shifted = collection.shift();
  
console.log(shifted);
  
console.log(collection.all());


Output:

Geeks
[ 'GFG', 'neveropen', 'Welcome' ]

Example 2:

Javascript




const collect = require('collect.js');
  
let obj = [
    {
        name: 'Rahul',
        marks: 88
    },
    {
        name: 'Aditya',
        marks: 78
    },
    {
        name: 'Abhishek',
        marks: 87
    }
];
  
const collection = collect(obj);
  
const shifted = collection.shift();
  
console.log(shifted);
  
console.log(collection.all());


Output:

{ name: 'Rahul', marks: 88 }
[ 
    { name: 'Aditya', marks: 78 }, 
    { name: 'Abhishek', marks: 87 } 
]
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