Get loop counter/index using for…of syntax in JavaScript

Question

Caution:

question still applies to for…of loops.> Don\'t use for…in to iterate over an Array, use it

Answer 1

Here's a function eachWithIndex that works with anything iterable.

You could also write a similar function eachWithKey that works with objets using for...in.

// example generator (returns an iterator that can only be iterated once)
function* eachFromTo(start, end) { for (let i = start; i <= end; i++) yield i }

// convers an iterable to an array (potential infinite loop)
function eachToArray(iterable) {
    const result = []
    for (const val of iterable) result.push(val)
    return result
}

// yields every value and index of an iterable (array, generator, ...)
function* eachWithIndex(iterable) {
    const shared = new Array(2)
    shared[1] = 0
    for (shared[0] of iterable) {
        yield shared
        shared[1]++
    }
}

console.log('iterate values and indexes from a generator')
for (const [val, i] of eachWithIndex(eachFromTo(10, 13))) console.log(val, i)

console.log('create an array')
const anArray = eachToArray(eachFromTo(10, 13))
console.log(anArray)

console.log('iterate values and indexes from an array')
for (const [val, i] of eachWithIndex(anArray)) console.log(val, i)

The good thing with generators is that they are lazy and can take another generator's result as an argument.