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Algorithm Falsy Bouncer

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Algorithm Falsy Bouncer

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🏁 Problem Explanation:

Remove all falsy values from an array.

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💬 Hint: 1

Falsy is something which evaluates to FALSE. There are only six falsy values in JavaScript: undefined, null, NaN, 0, "" (empty string), and false of course.

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💬 Hint: 2

We need to make sure we have all the falsy values to compare, we can know it, maybe with a function with all the falsy values...

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💬 Hint: 3

Then we need to add a filter() with the falsy values function...

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🚨 Advanced Code Solution:

function bouncer(arr) {
  return arr.filter(Boolean);
}

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Code Explanation:

The Array.prototype.filter method expects a function that returns a Boolean value which takes a single argument and returns true for truthy value or false for falsy value. Hence we pass the built-in Boolean function.

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