Adding a custom iterator to a javascript class

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to add an itertor to a javascript class such that the class could be used in a for...in loop. Following the instructions from Mozilla doesn't produce the results they claim it will. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Iterators_and_Generators Jsfiddle of given example: http://jsfiddle.net/KQayW/

function Range(low, high){
  this.low = low;
  this.high = high;
  this.current = low;
  this.next = function() {
    if (this.current > this.range.high)
      throw StopIteration;
    else
      return this.current++;
  }
}
function RangeIterator(range){
  this.range = range;
  this.current = this.range.low;
}
RangeIterator.prototype.next = function(){
  if (this.current > this.range.high)
    throw StopIteration;
  else
    return this.current++;
};
Range.prototype.__iterator__ = function(){
  return new RangeIterator(this);
};
var range = new Range(3, 5);
for (var i in range)
  document.getElementById("test").innerHTML = i+"</br>"; // prints 3, then 4, then 5 in sequence

It doesn't print out the numbers in the range, it prints out "__iterator__"!

Does anyone know how to get this to work?

Answer 1

The Mozilla document state that the Iterators feature was introduced in JavaScript 1.7. Although Chrome supports some features from 1.7, it isn't fully supported so this does not work. If you test your code in the latest Firefox version though you will see it works.

Although you probably want to append the range value rather than replacing the entire div.

http://jsfiddle.net/KQayW/2/

function Range(low, high){
  this.low = low;
  this.high = high;
  this.current = low;
  this.next = function() {
  if (this.current > this.range.high)
    throw StopIteration;
  else
    return this.current++;
  }
}
function RangeIterator(range){
  this.range = range;
  this.current = this.range.low;
}
RangeIterator.prototype.next = function(){
  if (this.current > this.range.high)
    throw StopIteration;
  else
    return this.current++;
};
Range.prototype.__iterator__ = function(){
  return new RangeIterator(this);
};
var range = new Range(3, 5);
for (var i in range)
  document.getElementById("test").innerHTML += i+"</br>"; // prints 3, then 4, then 5 in sequence