Remove item from array - splice vs lodash.without (v6)

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Preparation HTML

<script src="//rawgithub.com/lodash/lodash/master/dist/lodash.min.js">
</script>

Setup

var members = ['user 1', 'user 2', 'user 3', 'user 4', 'user 5', 'user 6', 'user 7', 'user 8', 'user 9', 'user 10', 'user 11', 'user 12', 'user 13', 'user 14', 'user 15', 'user 16', 'user 17', 'user 18', 'user 19', 'user 20'];
    
    var username = 'user 17';

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For loop
var newMembers = [];

for (var i = 0, l = members.length; i < l; i++) {
  if (members[i] !== username) {
    newMembers.push(members[i]);
  }
}

members = newMembers;
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Splice
for (var i = 0, l = members.length; i < l; i++) {
  if (members[i] === username) {
    members.splice(i, 1);
    return;
  }
}
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lodash
members = _.without(members, username);
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