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| Iterate any iterable JS iterator. Works robustly in all environments, all versions. |
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| In modern engines, `[...value]` or `Array.from(value)` or `for (const item of value) { }` are sufficient to iterate an iterable value (an object with a `Symbol.iterator` method), which includes all builtin iterators. However, older engines: |
| - may lack `Symbol`, array spread, or `for..of` support altogether |
| - may have `Symbol.iterator` but not implement it on everything it should, like arguments objects |
| - may have `Map` and `Set`, but a non-standard name for the iterator-producing method (`.iterator` or `['@@iterator']`, eg) and no syntax to support it |
| - may be old versions of Firefox that produce values until they throw a StopIteration exception, rather than having iteration result objects |
| - may be polyfilled/shimmed/shammed, with `es6-shim` or `core-js` or similar |
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| This library simplifies iterating an iterator object, so no loops are required. |
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| If called with a single iterator, it will return an array of the yielded values. If also called with a callback function, it will instead call that callback once for each yielded value. |
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| ## Example |
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| ```js |
| var iterate = require('iterate-iterator'); |
| var getIterator = require('es-get-iterator'); |
| var assert = require('assert'); |
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| assert.deepEqual(iterate(getIterator('a 💩')), ['a', ' ', '💩']); |
| assert.deepEqual(iterate(getIterator([1, 2])), [1, 2]); |
| assert.deepEqual(iterate(getIterator(new Set([1, 2]))), [1, 2]); |
| assert.deepEqual(iterate(getIterator(new Map([[1, 2], [3, 4]]))), [[1, 2], [3, 4]]); |
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| function assertWithCallback(iterable, expected) { |
| var values = []; |
| var callback = function (x) { values.push(x); }; |
| iterate(iterable, callback); |
| assert.deepEqual(values, expected); |
| } |
| assertWithCallback(getIterator('a 💩'), ['a', ' ', '💩']); |
| assertWithCallback(getIterator([1, 2]), [1, 2]); |
| assertWithCallback(getIterator(new Set([1, 2])), [1, 2]); |
| assertWithCallback(getIterator(new Map([[1, 2], [3, 4]])), [[1, 2], [3, 4]]); |
| ``` |
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| ## Tests |
| Simply clone the repo, `npm install`, and run `npm test` |
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