On Monday, 4 April 2022 at 23:15:30 UTC, Enjoys Math wrote:
```d
// remove an item from an array
template drop(T)
{
T drop( inout T[] arr, T which )
{
int i;
T result;
for (i=0; i < arr.length; i++)
{
if (arr[i] == which)
{
result = arr[i];
break;
}
}
debug if ( which >= arr.length)
throw new Exception(str.format("Attempt to drop the %s
of value %s from an array, but it was not found.", typeid(T),
which));
}
for (; i < arr.length; i++)
{
arr[i] = arr[i + 1];
}
arr.length = arr.length - 1;
return result;
}
}
```
I'm guessing you're doing this to learn and measure. You might be
better off using the slicing method though. It's also possible to
do it with a single loop:
```d
auto dropSlice(T)(T[] array, T which)
{
T[] result;
size_t i; // old index
foreach(index, element; array)
{
if(element == which) {
result ~= array[i..index]; // slice off
i = index + 1;
}
}
return result ~ array[i..$]; // last slice
}
void main()
{
char[] dizi = "abcdefdg".dup;
dizi.dropSlice('d').writeln;
```
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