generator-foreach

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generator-foreach

forEach for generators

Imagine you want to use forEach inside a generator function:

 
var stuff = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
 
function * fn () {
  stuff.forEach(something)
 
  function something (item) {
    console.log(item)
  }
}
 
for (var i of fn());
 

It works ok, but what if you want to yield a value based on an item?

 
var stuff = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
 
function * fn () {
  stuff.forEach(something)
 
  function something (item) {
    yield item
  }
}
 
for (var i of fn()) console.log(i)
 

Doesn't work anymore! You can't use yield inside an ordinary function. So generator-foreach comes into play:

 
var foreach = require('generator-foreach')
var stuff = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
 
function * fn () {
  yield * foreach(stuff, something)
 
  function * something (item) {
    yield item
  }
}
 
for (var i of fn()) console.log(i)
 

Do use it you need to remember a couple of things:

  • pass an array as a first argument;
  • use yield * before foreach;
  • make your iterator generator function.

Examples

Basic

Use --harmony or --harmony-generators --harmony-iteration flags

/**
 * basic example
 */
 
var foreach = require('generator-foreach')
 
function * gen (array) {
  yield * foreach(array, function * (num) {
    yield num + 1
  })
}
 
 
for (var num of gen([1, 2, 3])) console.log(num)
 

Fancy recursive array flattening

Use --harmony or --harmony-generators --harmony-iteration flags

/**
 * fancy recursive array flattening
 */
 
var foreach = require('generator-foreach')
 
function * value (val) {
  yield val
}
 
function * flatten (array) {
  yield * Array.isArray(array) ? foreach(array, flatten) : value(array)
}
 
var array = [1, 2, [3, [4, 5, [6, 7]]]]
 
for (var num of flatten(array)) console.log(num)
 

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