jquery - remove string element from javascript array

Question

can some one tell me how can i remove string element from an array i have google this and all i get is removing by index number

my example :

 var myarray = ["xyz" , "abc" , "def"] ; 
 var removeMe = "abc" ; 

  myarray.remove(removeMe) ; 
  consle.log(myarray) ; 

this is what i get from the console :

Uncaught TypeError: Object xyz,abc,def has no method 'remove' 

? jsfiddle

Answer 1

Since you're using jQuery

myarray.splice($.inArray("abc", myarray), 1);

EDIT If the item isn't in the array, this 'one-liner' will likely throw an error. Something a little better

var index = $.inArray("abc", myarray);
if (index>=0) myarray.splice(index, 1);