Get-iterator NPM

get-iterator

Get the default iterator or async iterator for an iterable or async iterable

Reduce the boilerplate of extracting the iterator from an object when you don't know if the object is an (async) iterable or already an (async) iterator.

Install

npm install get-iterator

Usage

import { getIterator } from 'get-iterator'
const input = [1, 2, 3]
const it = getIterator(input)
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 1 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 2 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 3 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: true, value: undefined }

Examples

Regular iterator from iterable:

import { getIterator } from 'get-iterator'

const input = [1, 2, 3]
const iterable = {
  [Symbol.iterator] () {
    let i = 0
    return {
      next () {
        const value = input[i++]
        return { done: !value, value }
      }
    }
  }
}

const it = getIterator(input)
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 1 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 2 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 3 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: true, value: undefined }

Async iterator from iterable:

import { getIterator } from 'get-iterator'

const input = [1, 2, 3]
const iterable = {
  [Symbol.asyncIterator] () {
    let i = 0
    return {
      async next () {
        const value = await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          setTimeout(() => resolve(input[i++]), 10)
        })
        return { done: !value, value }
      }
    }
  }
}

const it = getIterator(iterable)
console.log(await it.next()) // { done: false, value: 1 }
console.log(await it.next()) // { done: false, value: 2 }
console.log(await it.next()) // { done: false, value: 3 }
console.log(await it.next()) // { done: true, value: undefined }

Already an iterator (probably):

import { getIterator } from 'get-iterator'

const input = [1, 2, 3]
let i = 0
const iterator = {
  next () {
    const value = input[i++]
    return { done: !value, value }
  }
}

const it = getIterator(iterator)
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 1 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 2 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: false, value: 3 }
console.log(it.next()) // { done: true, value: undefined }

API

import { getIterator } from 'get-iterator'

`getIterator(obj)`

Get the default iterator or async iterator for an Iterable. If obj is already an iterator (i.e. has a next function) return it, since it's probably already an iterator.

This function will throw if obj is not an iterable or iterator.