⚖️for-of vs. forEach

JS⟩ syntax ⟩ for loops ⟩ for-of ⟩ vs. forEach

always use for-of in ES6.

• It works on any iterable

• It supports all kinds of control flow in the loop body, like continue, break, return, yield and await.

👉 stackoverflow

⭐️ 重點

Don't use forEach. (In fact, never use forEach anywhere in ES6).

👉 stackoverflow

forEach has known pitfalls that make it unsuitable in some situations that can be properly handled with for or for-of:

• callback function creates new context (can be addressed with arrow function)

• doesn't support iterators

• doesn't support generator yield and async..await

• doesn't provide a proper way to terminate a loop early with break

👉 stackoverflow

🔴 主題

• iterating elements

👥 相關

• "holes" in sparse arrays are treated differently in for-of and forEach.

  • for-of："holes" are treated as undefined.

  • forEach："holes" are ignored.

💈範例

let a = [];        // sparse array
a[1] = 'hi';
a[5] = 'world';

let forofCount = 0;
let foreachCount = 0;

// ⭐️ for-of: treats "holes" as `undefined`.
for (const value of a) {
    forofCount += 1;
    console.log(forofCount, value);
}
// 1 undefined, 2 'hi', 3 undefined, ... 6 'world'

// ⭐️ forEach: ignores "holes".
a.forEach(value => {
    foreachCount += 1;
    console.log(foreachCount, value);
})
// 1 'hi', 2 'world'

🗣 討論

• Why should forEach be preferred over regular iterators?
• Should one use for-of or forEach when iterating through an array?