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Arvid Keskitalo
23,406 Points.unshift and .shift
"On line 18, use a method on the 'spareWords' to set 'firstWord' to be first word of the 'spareWords' array whilst simultaneously removing it from the beginning of the array" I have tried several times, can't solve this, need help
2 Answers

tihomirvelev
14,109 Pointsvar firstWord = spareWords.shift();
shift() removes and returns the first element in an array. pop() removes and returns the last element.
Hope that helps. :)

Arvid Keskitalo
23,406 PointsHi, there! Well, I know the basics, but I can't get it to work in the challenge

tihomirvelev
14,109 PointsIt works perfect to me so it must work for you too. Try to reopen the browser and refresh the page with ctrl + F5 to clear the cached items.
Sometimes the challenges get buggy and you have to refresh a couple of times.