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

This one works also in reverse.

const range = ( a , b ) => Array.from( new Array( b > a ? b - a : a - b ), ( x, i ) => b > a ? i + a : a - i );

range( -3, 2 ); // [ -3, -2, -1, 0, 1 ]
range( 1, -4 ); // [ 1, 0, -1, -2, -3 ]