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whileEach

While a test condition is true, invoke a function for each element in a collection.

Installation

npm install @stdlib/utils-while-each

Usage

var whileEach = require( '@stdlib/utils-while-each' );

whileEach( collection, predicate, fcn[, thisArg ] )

Invokes a function for each element in a collection until either a predicate function returns false or the function has iterated over all collection elements.

function predicate( value ) {
    return ( value === value );
}

function log( value, index ) {
    console.log( '%s: %d', index, value );
}

var arr = [ 1, 2, 3, NaN, 4 ];

whileEach( arr, predicate, log );
/* =>
    0: 1
    1: 2
    2: 3
*/

Both the predicate function and the function to apply are provided three arguments:

value: collection element
index: collection index
collection: input collection

Basic support for dynamic collections is provided. Note, however, that index incrementation is monotonically increasing.

function predicate( value ) {
    return ( value === value );
}

function log1( value, index, collection ) {
    console.log( '%s: %d', index, value );
    if ( index === collection.length-1 && collection.length < 10 ) {
        collection.push( index+2 );
    }
}

var arr = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ];

whileEach( arr, predicate, log1 );
/* =>
    0: 1
    1: 2
    2: 3
    3: 4
    4: 5
    5: 6
    6: 7
    7: 8
    8: 9
    9: 10
*/

function log2( value, index, collection ) {
    console.log( '%s: %d', index, value );
    collection.shift();
}

arr = [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ];

whileEach( arr, predicate, log2 );
/* =>
    0: 1
    1: 3
*/

To set the function execution context for the applied function, provide a thisArg.

function predicate( value ) {
    return ( value === value );
}

function sum( value ) {
    this.sum += value;
    this.count += 1;
}

var arr = [ 1, 2, 3, NaN, 4 ];

var context = {
    'sum': 0,
    'count': 0
};

whileEach( arr, predicate, sum, context );

var mean = context.sum / context.count;
// returns 2.0

Notes

A collection may be either an Array, Typed Array, or an array-like Object (excluding strings and functions).
The function returns the input collection.

The function does not skip undefined elements.

function predicate( value ) {
    return ( value === value );
}

function log( value, index ) {
    console.log( '%s: %s', index, value );
}

var arr = [ 1, , , 4 ];

whileEach( arr, predicate, log );
/* =>
    0: 1
    1: undefined
    2: undefined
    3: 4
*/

The function provides limited support for dynamic collections (i.e., collections whose length changes during execution).

Examples

var isEven = require( '@stdlib/assert-is-even' ).isPrimitive;
var randu = require( '@stdlib/random-base-randu' );
var floor = require( '@stdlib/math-base-special-floor' );
var whileEach = require( '@stdlib/utils-while-each' );

function predicate( value ) {
    return ( value === value );
}

function log( value, index, collection ) {
    console.log( '%s: %d', index, value );
    if ( isEven( index ) ) {
        collection.shift();
    } else {
        collection.push( index+1 );
    }
}

var arr;
var j;
var i;

arr = new Array( 100 );
j = floor( randu()*arr.length );
for ( i = 0; i < arr.length; i++ ) {
    if ( i === j ) {
        arr[ i ] = NaN;
    } else {
        arr[ i ] = i;
    }
}

whileEach( arr, predicate, log );

Notice

This package is part of stdlib, a standard library for JavaScript and Node.js, with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computing. The library provides a collection of robust, high performance libraries for mathematics, statistics, streams, utilities, and more.

For more information on the project, filing bug reports and feature requests, and guidance on how to develop stdlib, see the main project repository.