javascript - Remove empty strings from array while keeping record of indexes with non empty strings

Question

Lets say I have an array as follows:

"I", "am", "", "still", "here", "", "man"

and from this I wish to produce the following two arrays:

"I", "am", "still", "here", "man"

 0, 1, 3, 4, 6

So, an array without the empty strings, but also an array with the array indexes of the non empty strings. What would be a nice way of producing these two arrays from the first?

UPDATE:

I need the first array intact, after the two arrays are produced.

Answer 1

Loop through the array and check if each element is empty. If it's not, add its position to one array and its value to another array:

var elems, positions
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
    if (arr[i] != ""){
        elems.push(arr[i])
        positions.push(i)
    }
}

EDIT: This will leave you with 3 arrays (original, elements, positions). If you would rather just modify the original one use arr.filter()