As described here TypeScript introduces a foreach loop:
var someArray = [9, 2, 5];
for (var item of someArray) {
console.log(item); // 9,2,5
}
But isn't there any index/key? I would expect something like:
for (var item, key of someArray) { ... }
.forEach already has this ability:
const someArray = [9, 2, 5];
someArray.forEach((value, index) => {
console.log(index); // 0, 1, 2
console.log(value); // 9, 2, 5
});
But if you want the abilities of for...of, then you can map the array to the index and value:
for (const { index, value } of someArray.map((value, index) => ({ index, value }))) {
console.log(index); // 0, 1, 2
console.log(value); // 9, 2, 5
}
That's a little long, so it may help to put it in a reusable function:
function toEntries<T>(a: T[]) {
return a.map((value, index) => [index, value] as const);
}
for (const [index, value] of toEntries(someArray)) {
// ..etc..
}
Iterable Version
This will work when targeting ES3 or ES5 if you compile with the --downlevelIteration compiler option.
function* toEntries<T>(values: T[] | IterableIterator<T>) {
let index = 0;
for (const value of values) {
yield [index, value] as const;
index++;
}
}
Array.prototype.entries() - ES6+
If you are able to target ES6+ environments then you can use the .entries() method as outlined in Arnavion's answer.
Array.some() and return false at the iteration you want to stop. It's not nearly as clear or pretty as a break but it would get the job done. Personally I don't like it, I'd probably re-write the iteration in some other way :) see stackoverflow.com/questions/2641347/…See: Array.prototype.entries()
for (const [index, item] of someArray.entries()) { ... }
In TS this requires targeting ES2015 since it requires the runtime to support iterators, which ES5 runtimes don't. You can of course use something like Babel to make the output work on ES5 runtimes.
downLevelIteration explicitly in tsconfig. stackoverflow.com/a/49221814/3850405"Old school javascript" to the rescue (for those who aren't familiar/in love of functional programming)
for (let i = 0; i < someArray.length ; i++) {
let item = someArray[i];
}
You can use the for..in TypeScript operator to access the index when dealing with collections.
var test = [7,8,9];
for (var i in test) {
console.log(i + ': ' + test[i]);
}
Output:
0: 7
1: 8
2: 9
See Demo
for..in can also give you more than you were expecting as it includes all functions declared on an object as well. For example: for (var prop in window.document) { console.log(prop); }Or another old school solution:
var someArray = [9, 2, 5];
let i = 0;
for (var item of someArray) {
console.log(item); // 9,2,5
i++;
}
