How to remove elements from array if not matching?

August 4, 2022

I am trying to delete all elements that matches @b.com, but it returns an empty array even if I remove the !, which leads me to think, I am doing something competently wrong.

Can someone explain what I am doing wrong?

    const arr = ['a@a.com', 'b@b.com', 'c@c.com'];
    
    if (arr !== null && arr.length > 0) {
       const arr2 = arr.filter(e => {
          !e.match(/@b.com/);
       });
       console.log(arr2);
    }

>Solution :

You forgot return statement:

const arr = ['a@a.com', 'b@b.com', 'c@c.com'];

if (arr !== null && arr.length > 0) {
   const arr2 = arr.filter(e => {
      return !e.match(/@b.com/);
   });
   console.log(arr2);
}

One more thing, if you don’t match by regex, you can just use string.includes:

const arr = ['a@a.com', 'b@b.com', 'c@c.com'];

if (arr !== null && arr.length > 0) {
   const arr2 = arr.filter(e => {
      return !e.includes('@b.com');
   });
   console.log(arr2);
}