Delete an object from an array?

Question

Delete an object from an array?

Possible Duplicate:
JavaScript Array Delete Elements

So, in javascript, I have this set up:

global.menu = [{
   name: item1,
   price: price1,
   message: message1
},
{
   name: item2,
   price: price2,
   message: message2
},
{
   name: item3,
   price: price3,
   message: message3
}];

And my question is pretty simple, but how would I delete an object from this array?
To select an object, I'm using this command:

global.HandleMenu = function (b) {
    var c = menu.filter(function (d) {
        return d.name == b;
    });
    c.forEach(function (d) {
        Say(d.message);
    });
};

So yeah. Can I just add delete d;, or d.remove() inside the forEach function? Or am I missing something?

javascript
arrays
node.js
object

Answer 1

Assuming the name of the item you want to delete is in a variable called name, something like

for (var i = 0; i = global.menu.length - 1; i--) {
   var current = global.menu[i];
   if (current.name === name) global.menu.splice(i, 1);
}

should work. Note I'm not testing for nulls; but this is the general idea.

Answer 2

use filter and re-assign

global.menu = global.menu.filter(function(a){ return a.item != "be delete" };