How to use `shift()`?

const words = ['Ohayou', 'Gozaimasu']

// output ['Ohayou', 'Gozaimasu']
console.log(words)

// returns 'Ohayou'
words.shift()

// output ['Gozaimasu']
console.log(words)

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December 4th, 2019

# shift() - Remove an item from the beginning of an array

shift() removes an item from the beginning of an array and returns the remove item.