array .slice (start , end ):
A new array that contains the elements of array from the element specified by start , up to, but not including, the element specified by end .
var a = [1,2,3,4,5]; a.slice(0,3);
// Returns [1,2,3] a.slice(3);
// Returns [4,5] a.slice(1,-1);
// Returns [2,3,4] a.slice(-3,-2);
// Returns [3]; buggy in IE 4: returns [1,2,3]
array .splice (start , deleteCount , value , ...)
splice( ) deletes zero or more array elements starting with and including the element start and replaces them with zero or more values specified in the argument list. Array elements that appear after the insertion or deletion are moved as necessary so that they remain contiguous with the rest of the array. Note that, unlike the similarly named slice( ) , splice( ) modifies array directly.
var a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8] a.splice(4);
// Returns [5,6,7,8]; a is [1,2,3,4] a.splice(1,2);
// Returns [2,3]; a is [1,4] a.splice(1,1);
// Returns [4]; a is [1] a.splice(1,0,2,3);
// Returns []; a is [1 2 3]