Angular 2: How to write a for loop, not a foreach loop

Question

Using Angular 2, I want to duplicate a line in a template multiple times. Iterating over an object is easy, *ngFor="let object of objects". However, I

Answer 1

You can instantiate an empty array with a given number of entries if you pass an int to the Array constructor and then iterate over it via ngFor.

In your component code :

export class ForLoop {
  fakeArray = new Array(12);
}

In your template :

  
Something {{ index }}

The index properties give you the iteration number.

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