Other than splice, you can use this approach which will not mutate the original array, but it will create a new array with the added item. You should usuallyIt is useful, when you need to avoid mutation whenever possible. I'm using the ES6 spread operator here.
const items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
const insert = (arr, index, newItem) => [
// part of the array before the specified index
...arr.slice(0, index),
// inserted item
newItem,
// part of the array after the specified index
...arr.slice(index)
]
const result = insert(items, 1, 10)
console.log(result)
// [1, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5]This can be used to add more than one item by tweaking the function a bit to use the rest operator for the new items, and spread that in the returned result as well:
const items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
const insert = (arr, index, ...newItems) => [
// part of the array before the specified index
...arr.slice(0, index),
// inserted items
...newItems,
// part of the array after the specified index
...arr.slice(index)
]
const result = insert(items, 1, 10, 20)
console.log(result)
// [1, 10, 20, 2, 3, 4, 5]
