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JavaScript

Posted by Heather Stone
Heather Stone
5,784 Points

removing items from JavaScript array and getting "...is not a function" error

I'm trying to iterate over an array of phone numbers and remove the dashes. When I run this code, I get an error message saying "fullNumberList.replace is not a function". Why? Thanks in advance for your help.

var fullNumberList = ["111-222-3333", "444-555-6666"]; 
for(var i = 0; i < fullNumberList.length; i++) { 
    var dashless = fullNumberList.prototype.replace("-", ""); 
    console.log(dashless); 
}

1 Answer

Arturo Alviar
Arturo Alviar
15,739 Points
Arturo Alviar
Arturo Alviar
15,739 Points

Okay so I am not sure if you copied all you code but your for loop is a little wired.

Also you are using the replace function incorrectly.

What fullNumberList.prototype.replace() means is that you gave the variable a function called replace. In addition, replace() works with strings only so doing the below would raise an error.

fullNumberList.replace("-", " "); //Uncaught TypeError: fullNumberList.replace is not a function(…)

Here is something you can use:

for(var i = 0; i < fullNumberList.length; i++){
//iterate through the fullNumberList array and split each element into arrays if string has a -
//the split function removes the - from the string since the string is now broken into smaller strings
//after the - is gone, join the string and add a space in between
 console.log(fullNumberList[i].split("-").join(" "));
}

This code just prints the new strings but I am sure you can use this to get to your goal.

Hope this helps!