remove trailing elements from array that are equal to zero - better way

Question

I have very long array containing numbers. I need to remove trailing zeros from that array.

if my array will look like this:

var arr = [1,2,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];

I want to remove everything except [1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1].

I have created function that is doing what is expected, but I'm wondering if there is a build in function I could use.

var arr = [1,2,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];
for(i=arr.length-1;i>=0;i--)
{
    if(arr[i]==0) 
    {
        arr.pop();
    } else {
        break;
    }
}
console.log(arr);

Can this be done better/faster?

Answer 1

Assuming:

var arr = [1,2,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];

You can use this shorter code:

while(arr[arr.length-1] === 0){ // While the last element is a 0,
    arr.pop();                  // Remove that last element
}

Result:

arr == [1,2,0,1,0,1]

Answer 2

var arr = [1,2,0,1,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0];

var copy = arr.slice(0);
var len = Number(copy.reverse().join('')).toString().length;
arr.length = len;

arr -> [1, 2, 0, 1, 0, 1]

how it works

copy.reverse().join('') becomes "00000000000000000101021"

when you convert a numerical string to number all the preceding zeroes are kicked off

var len  = Number(copy.reverse().join('')) becomes 101021

now by just counting the number i know from where i have to remove the trailing zeroes and the fastest way to delete traling elements is by resetting the length of the array.

arr.length = len;

DEMO