The correct result doesn't make sense. Please explain why its correct.

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Challenge Task 4 of 4

Great job so far! Clearly you know how to add and read items from the array so in this challenge let's try getting rid of a value.

For this task, remove the 6th item from the array and assign the result to a constant named discardedValue.

To remove an item, use the method removeAtIndex() and put the index number in between parentheses that you want to remove.

MY ANSWER:

var arrayOfInts = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]
arrayOfInts.removeAtIndex(5)
let discardedValue = arrayOfInts.removeAtIndex(5)
// discardedValue is 70

I'm removing 6th item from the array, which is 60 then when I'm assigning result to a constant named discardedValue and this is where things are getting tricky. I checked what "discardedValue" returns and its not 60 it's the following number in the array 70. Why is it the right answer? I'm suppose to assign result to a constant, which is suppose to be the same result of arrayOfInts.removeAtIndex(5) 60. I'm confused.

Answer 1 · 2016-07-24T20:13:47Z

July 24, 2016 8:13pm

Notice that you're calling removeAtIndex(5) twice. Before you call it the first time, the array looks as it originally was, like this:

var arrayOfInts = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]

Then when you call it for the first time, it removes the item at index 5 from the list, which is 60. When it's done, the array looks like this:

var arrayOfInts = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 80] //Notice that 60 is not in the array

After that, you assign to the constant discardedValue by calling removeAtIndex(5), like you did before. The difference is that the item at index 5 is different than it was last time, because you deleted it before, which shifted everything after that down an index. Because of this, 70 is at index 5 when you call removeAtIndex(5) for the second time, and it thus gets assigned to the constant discardedValue

Answer 2 · 2016-07-24T20:24:48Z

July 24, 2016 8:24pm

var arrayOfInts = [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]

print(arrayOfInts) // returns [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80]

print(arrayOfInts.removeAtIndex(5)) // returns 60


print(arrayOfInts) // returns [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 70, 80]

let discardedValue = arrayOfInts.removeAtIndex(5)

print(discardedValue) // returns 70

print(arrayOfInts) // returns [10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 80]

// discardedValue is 70


// removeAtIndex removed the value making the new 6th value 70 and not 60

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The correct result doesn't make sense. Please explain why its correct.

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