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--description--

Time to practice removing items from an array. The spread operator can be used here as well. Other useful JavaScript methods include slice() and concat().

--instructions--

The reducer and action creator were modified to remove an item from an array based on the index of the item. Finish writing the reducer so a new state array is returned with the item at the specific index removed.

--hints--

The Redux store should exist and initialize with a state equal to [0,1,2,3,4,5]

assert(
(function () {
const initialState = store.getState();
return (
Array.isArray(initialState) === true &&
DeepEqual(initialState, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
);
})()
);

removeItem and immutableReducer both should be functions.

assert(
typeof removeItem === 'function' && typeof immutableReducer === 'function'
);

Dispatching the removeItem action creator should remove items from the state and should NOT mutate state.

assert(
(function () {
const initialState = store.getState();
const isFrozen = DeepFreeze(initialState);
store.dispatch(removeItem(3));
const state_1 = store.getState();
store.dispatch(removeItem(2));
const state_2 = store.getState();
store.dispatch(removeItem(0));
store.dispatch(removeItem(0));
store.dispatch(removeItem(0));
const state_3 = store.getState();
return (
isFrozen &&
DeepEqual(state_1, [0, 1, 2, 4, 5]) &&
DeepEqual(state_2, [0, 1, 4, 5]) &&
DeepEqual(state_3, [5])
);
})()
);

--seed--

--seed-contents--

const immutableReducer = (state = [0,1,2,3,4,5], action) => {
switch(action.type) {
case 'REMOVE_ITEM':
// Don't mutate state here or the tests will fail
return
default:
return state;
}
};

const removeItem = (index) => {
return {
type: 'REMOVE_ITEM',
index
}
}

const store = Redux.createStore(immutableReducer);

--solutions--

const immutableReducer = (state = [0,1,2,3,4,5], action) => {
switch(action.type) {
case 'REMOVE_ITEM':
return [
...state.slice(0, action.index),
...state.slice(action.index + 1)
];
default:
return state;
}
};

const removeItem = (index) => {
return {
type: 'REMOVE_ITEM',
index
}
}

const store = Redux.createStore(immutableReducer);