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Posted by Adam Lyles Kauffman
Adam Lyles Kauffman
14,016 Points

help Redoing loop

i had a hard time understanding how to set up for.. each loops and for.. of loops. can someone please redo the for loop which iterates over the array of list items with a for.. each and for.. of. Also a for.. in loop wouldn't be possible because it is for object properties right? thanks for the help in advance!

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,269 Points

Here's four different types of iteration (and "for...of" can be used even though it's better suited for objects):

for (let i = 0; i < listItems.length; i += 1) {  // original loop, iterates index
  console.log(listitems[i]);
}
for (let i in listItems) {      // this iterates properties
  console.log(listitems[i]);    // which for arrays will seem like indexes
}
for (let item of listItems) {   // this iterates through the items themselves
  console.log(item);
}
listItems.forEach(item => {     // this also works directly on the items
  console.log(item);
});

Note that "forEach" is actually an array method and not a loop statement. And there are some other differences as well. Like "for...in" iterates strings and not numbers. For more details, see the MDN pages on for, for..in, for...of, and forEach().