I have the following JavaScript code:
function f(){
}
var arrOfFuncs = [f, f, f, f];
for (var i in arrOfFuncs){
console.log(typeof i);
console.log(i);
}
When I run the script it prints:
string
0
string
1
...
string
3
Since I am iterating over an array of functions, isn't "typeof i" supposed to be "function" and i.toString() supposed to be "function f(){}"?
No. The for…in construct iterates over the keys of an object or array, not its values.
You can use a simple for loop:
for (var i = 0; i < arrOfFuncs.length; i++){
console.log(typeof arrOfFuncs[i]);
console.log(arrOfFuncs[i]);
}
Or modify your for…in loop like this:
for (var i in arrOfFuncs){
console.log(typeof arrOfFuncs[i]);
console.log(arrOfFuncs[i]);
}
Or you could use the forEach method (introduced in ECMAScript 5.1):
arrOfFuncs.forEach(function(f) {
console.log(typeof f);
console.log(f);
});
When you iterate over keys of an object with for(var in in ...) i will equal the key - in the case of an array you are getting the indices as well as properties of the array (0, 1, 2, length, etc) and the type of that index or property key might very well be a string.
You want to access the value of the array at that key, so you need to do arrOfFuncs[i] - that said, it is probably better to use either .forEach or some equivalent if you can or use
for (var i = 0, l = arrOfFuncs.length; i < l; i++) {
var value = arrayOfFuncs[i];
}
Because you avoid the risk of accessing properties on the array you don't intend to access.
in your code i is the key it's not value. so your code should be like this to get function type:
function f(){
}
var arrOfFuncs = [f, f, f, f];
for (var i in arrOfFuncs){
console.log(typeof arrOfFuncs[i]);
console.log(arrOfFuncs[i]);
}
When you use for..in you are running over keys and not over values. Read about JavaScript for..in loops.
This code will do what you want:
function f(){
}
var arrOfFuncs = [f, f, f, f];
for (var i in arrOfFuncs){
console.log(typeof arrOfFuncs[i]);
console.log(i);
}
in for in iteration over arrays, i doesn't represent the element, it represents the index.
the below code works:
var array = [function f(){}, function k(){}];
for (var i in array) {
console.log(array[i]); //function()
console.log(typeof array[i]); //function
}
