How to generate sequence of numbers/chars in javascript?

Question

Is there a way to generate sequence of characters or numbers in javascript?

For example, I want to create array that contains eight 1s. I can do it with for loop, bu

Answer 1

2016 - Modern Browser functionality has arrived. No need for jquery all the time.

Array.from({length: 8}, (el, index) => 1 /* or index */);

You can substitute the arrow function with a simple callback function to reach a slightly wider range of supported browsers. It's, for me at least, the easiest way to iterate over an initialized array in one step.

Note: IE is not supported in this solution, but there is a polyfill for that at developer.mozilla.org/...