How to use the drop method in Lodash ?

The Drop method in Lodash removes elements from the beginning of arrays or characters from the start of strings. You can implement the lodash drop method as implemented in the below approaches.

Run the below command before running the below code on your system:

npm i lodash

Removing elements from the beginning of an array using drop

In this approach, we are using Lodash’s drop method on the array to remove the first 2 elements from it, generating res as the modified array with those elements dropped, which is then logged to the console.

Syntax:

_.drop(array, numberOfElementsToBeRemoved)

Example: The below example uses the drop method to drop elements from the beginning of the array.

JavaScript

const _ = require('lodash');
const array = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
const res = _.drop(array, 2);
console.log(res);

Output:

[ 3, 4, 5 ]

Removing string characters from the beginning using drop

In this approach, we are using Lodash’s drop method on the string str by first splitting it into an array of characters, then dropping the first 3 characters from it, and finally joining the remaining characters back into a string stored in res, which is then logged to the console.

Syntax:

_.drop(str.split(''), numberOfElementsToBeRemoved).join('')

Example: The below example uses the drop method to drop elements from the beginning of the string.

JavaScript

const _ = require('lodash');
const str = 'Hello, GFG!';
const res = _.drop(str, 3).join('');
console.log(res);

Output:

lo, GFG!