shift
Removes the first item from an ObvservableArray and returns that item. An equivalent of Array.prototype.shift.
The
shiftmethod raises thechangeevent. Theactionfield of the event argument is set to"remove". Theitemsfield of the event argument is an array that contains the removed item.
Returns
Object—The item which was removed.
Example - remove the first item
<script>
var array = new kendo.data.ObservableArray([1, 2, 3]);
var removed = array.shift();
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
console.log(removed); // outputs "1"
/* The result can be observed in the DevTools(F12) console of the browser. */
console.log(array.length); // outputs "2"
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