JavaScript array.pop() – Get The Last Item

Posted on June 14, 2010 by Stoimen

Let’s assume there’s a little, simple JavaScript array:

var a = [3,2,4,5,2,4,5,8];

If you pop() an element from it – what element will be taken? The answer is a bit frustrating, but logical – the last one:

var b = a.pop();
alert(b); // this will result in 8