# Unify .slice and splice approaches

**URL:** <https://es.discourse.group/t/unify-slice-and-splice-approaches/1900>\
**Category:** 💡 Ideas\
**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/unify-slice-and-splice-approaches/1900 "2024-01-18T12:42:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![jaroslav.tavgen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/es.discourse.group/jaroslav.tavgen/32/2732_2.png) [@jaroslav.tavgen](https://es.discourse.group/u/jaroslav.tavgen)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 12:42pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/unify-slice-and-splice-approaches/1900/1 "2024-01-18T12:42:05Z")

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Today it is array.slice(start, end) and array.splice(start, length). It should be one way or another - but in both cases.

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**Author:** ![ljharb](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/es.discourse.group/ljharb/32/8_2.png) [@ljharb](https://es.discourse.group/u/ljharb)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://es.discourse.group/t/unify-slice-and-splice-approaches/1900/2 "2024-01-18T17:14:01Z")

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They're different - slice creates a new array and does not mutate; splice mutates. While toSpliced now exists, they're still conceptually different in that slice creates an array of the same or smaller size; splice is for adding and removing elements at a specific position.

The similarity of the names is unfortunate, but irrelevant.