The orderQueue array contains a list of customer orders. Create a new variable named shipping -- remove the first item f

Question

The full task is this: "The orderQueue array contains a list of customer orders. Create a new variable named shipping -- remove the first item from the array and place it in the shipping variable."
According to the course, the correct way to solve the task is this:
```javascript
var orderQueue = ['1XT567437','1U7857317','1I9222528'];
var shipping = orderQueue.shift(shipping);
```
However, I was wondering what happens when you write the code like this:
```javascript
var orderQueue = ['1XT567437','1U7857317','1I9222528'];
var shipping
orderQueue.shift(shipping);
```
According to the Code Challenge, my solution is wrong. Is someone able to explain to me what the result of my solution approach is actually doing? My idea was to create a variable named "shipping" and to use the result of the shift() method as the value of this variable.
What happens if you put something inside the parentheses of the shift() method?

Steven Parker · Accepted Answer

The "shift" method does not take an argument.  In both your examples the argument you have supplied is being ignored.
But in the second example, you're removing the first item but not storing it anywhere.   That's why it does not pass the challenge.

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