@woosh/meep-engine/src/core/collection/array/array_remove_first.js

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/**
 * Remove first occurrence of element from the array
 * @template T
 * @param {T[]} array
 * @param {T} element
 * @param {number} [start_index]
 * @param {number} [length]
 * @return {boolean} true if element was removed, false if it was not found
 */
export function array_remove_first(array, element, start_index = 0, length = array.length) {

    const end_index = start_index + length;

    for (let i = start_index; i < end_index; i++) {
        if (array[i] === element) {
            array.splice(i, 1);

            return true;
        }
    }

    return false;
}