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Add new element at the beginning of the array - unshift()
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <p id="demo">Click the button to add elements to the array.</p> <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> <script> function myFunction() { var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"]; fruits.unshift("Lemon","Pineapple"); var x=document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=fruits; } </script> <p><b>Note:</b> The unshift() method does not work properly in Internet Explorer 8 and earlier, the values will be inserted, but the return value will be <em>undefined</em>.</p> </body> </html>
Test results:
Lemon,Pineapple,Banana,Orange,Apple,Mango
Add an element at position 2 of the array - splice()
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> ​ <p id="demo">Click the button to add elements to the array.</p> ​ <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> ​ <script> function myFunction() { var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"]; fruits.splice(2,0,"Lemon","Kiwi"); var x=document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=fruits; } </script> ​ </body> </html>
Test results:
Banana,Orange,Lemon,Kiwi,Apple,Mango
Add new elements to the end of the array - push()
Source code:
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> ​ <p id="demo">Click the button to add a new element to the array.</p> ​ <button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button> ​ <script> var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"]; ​ function myFunction() { fruits.push("Kiwi") var x=document.getElementById("demo"); x.innerHTML=fruits; } </script> ​ </body> </html>
Test results:
Banana,Orange,Apple,Mango,Kiwi