Does JavaScript have a method like “range()” to generate a range within the supplied bounds?

Question

In PHP, you can do...

range(1, 3); // Array(1, 2, 3)
range(\"A\", \"C\"); // Array(\"A\", \"B\", \"C\")

That is, there is a function that l

Answer 1

Array.range = function(a, b, step){
    var A = [];
    if(typeof a == 'number'){
        A[0] = a;
        step = step || 1;
        while(a+step <= b){
            A[A.length]= a+= step;
        }
    }
    else {
        var s = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz';
        if(a === a.toUpperCase()){
            b = b.toUpperCase();
            s = s.toUpperCase();
        }
        s = s.substring(s.indexOf(a), s.indexOf(b)+ 1);
        A = s.split('');        
    }
    return A;
}
    
    
Array.range(0,10);
// [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10]
    
Array.range(-100,100,20);
// [-100,-80,-60,-40,-20,0,20,40,60,80,100]
    
Array.range('A','F');
// ['A','B','C','D','E','F')
    
Array.range('m','r');
// ['m','n','o','p','q','r']