Javascript “shift” versus “splice” - are these statements equal?

Question

I just want to confirm if the following two Javascript statements produces the same results, as it seems to me:

First:

var element = my_array.splice(0,1)         


        

Answer 1

Both lines of code remove the first element from the array, and return the removed element, they are both supported in all major browsers.

You should use the second one, and the code will be more readable indeed.