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How to Promise in loop?


    var arr = ["node.js", "Java", "C#"];
var newArr = [];

let promise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {

        for(let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
            setTimeout(() => {
                newArr.push(arr[i])
                resolve(newArr);
            }, 1000);
        }

});

promise
        .then(result => {
             alert(result);
         }
);

Now it alerts data after first loop. How to display data from async operation with promises, after it passes whole loop?

Desired behavior: Add data to newArr in async mode, and display it after loop ends.


Solution

  • You need to have multiple promises with promise all

    const myPromises = [];
    for (let i=0; i<5; i++) {
      myPromises.push(new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
          setTimeout(() => {
            console.log("done", i);
            resolve(i)
          } , i*500);
      })); 
    }
    
    Promise.all(myPromises).then(values => { 
      console.log("All: ", values)
    });