array-cycle v0.1.0

array-cycle

Simple wrapper utility to navigate and cycle an array

Install

npm i array-cycle

API

constructor(array)

const Cycle = require('array-cycle')

var cycle = new Cycle(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

// also allowed
var cycle = Cycle(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

index

Getter/setter to navigate the array. Loop if out of range

var cycle = Cycle(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

// 0
cycle.index

cycle.index = 1

// 1
cycle.index

cycle.index -= 2

// 3
cycle.index

keys

Getter. Return an object containing the current, next and previous indexes

var cycle = Cycle(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

/*
{
  curr: 0,
  next: 1,
  prev: 3
}
*/
cycle.keys

values

Getter. Return an object containing the current, next and previous values

var cycle = Cycle(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

/*
{
  curr: 'a',
  next: 'b',
  prev: 'd'
}
*/
cycle.values

last

Getter. Return an object containing the index and value of the last item

var cycle = Cycle(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

/*
{
  key: 3,
  value: 'd'
}
*/
cycle.values

Example

const Cycle = require('array-cycle')

var cycle = Cycle(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'])

// 0
cycle.index

/*
{
  curr: 0,
  next: 1,
  prev: 3
}
*/
cycle.keys

/*
{
  curr: 'a',
  next: 'b',
  prev: 'd'
}
*/
cycle.values

/*
{
  key: 3,
  value: 'd'
}
*/
cycle.last

// walk one step forward
cycle.index++

// 1
cycle.index

/*
{
  curr: 1,
  next: 2,
  prev: 0
}
*/
cycle.keys

// walk three steps forward (and loop to the beginning)
cycle.index += 3

/*
{
  curr: 0,
  next: 1,
  prev: 3
}
*/
cycle.keys

License

MIT