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artydev on November 23, 2023

There is a little problems with some of our functions. const pickprop = (prop) => (obj) => obj[prop] ?? null; const map = (f) => (ar...
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artydev • • Edited

Thank you for your question Eckehard, at first sight here is what I would do:


const test = (x, i) =>  console.log(x + i) 

function _loop (n, fn, args) {
  [...Array(n)].forEach((_, i) => fn([...args].join(''), i + 1))
}

_loop(6, test, "This is a test ");

console.log("_____________________________")

const loop = curry(_loop);

loop(5, test, "this is a test ");

loop(5, test)("this is a test ");

loop(5)(test)("this is a test ");

loop(5)(test, "this is a test ");
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artydev • • Edited

FInally you could write :


const test = (x, i) =>  console.log(x + i) 

const loop = curry((n, fn, args) =>
  [...Array(n)].forEach((_, i) => fn(args, i + 1)));

loop(5)(test, "this is a test ");
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artydev •

Thanks, to gave me the idea to include such a loop, in my micro lib :-)

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Eckehard • • Edited

Do you know a way to build a simplified but readable loop? Instead of for( let i=0; i<5; i++) fn(args)

Ideally it would be

loop(5) { ... }

We can do things like this, but this is far from ideal:

function loop (n, fn, ...args) { 
  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++) 
    fn(...args, i + 1) 
}

function test(x, i) { console.log(x + i) }
loop(5, test, "This is loop ")
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artydev • • Edited

Hy Eckehard

Here is a possible answer.
If I find something clearer i will post it

const test = (x, i) =>  console.log(x + i) 

function _loop (n, fn, args) {
  [...Array(n)].forEach((_, i) => fn([...args].join(''), i + 1))
}

_loop(6, test, "This is a test ");

console.log("_____________________________")

const loop = curry(_loop);

loop(5, test, "this is a test ");

loop(5, test)("this is a test ");

loop(5)(test)("this is a test ");

loop(5)(test, "this is a test ");
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Eckehard • • Edited

Hy,

I´m not sure this works: fn([...args].join('')? And you can call it loop(), as there is no loop keyword in JS. Anyway, a nice option.

Here are 3 working versions

function loop1(n, fn, ...args) {
    for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)
        fn(...args, i + 1)
}

function loop2(n, fn, ...args) {
    if (n > 1) 
        loop2(n - 1, fn, ...args)
    fn(...args, n)
}


function _loop(n, fn, ...args) {
    [...Array(n)].forEach((_, i) => fn(...args, i + 1))
}

function test(x, y, i) { console.log(x, y * i) }

loop1(3, test, "This is loop 1:", 10); console.log("-----------")
loop2(3, test, "This is loop 2:", 10); console.log("-----------")
_loop(3, test, "This is loop 3:", 10); console.log("-----------")
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artydev •

Eckehard, have you clicked on the démo link?
That works perfectly

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artydev • • Edited

Those functions can t be curried
I really liké the recursion way

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Eckehard •

The Demo works, but only with a single string parameter. Neither multiple arguments nor a numerical parameter seem to work.

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artydev • • Edited

And this version ? :
Thank you for the suggestions.

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Eckehard •

In my understanding, loop should be a shortcut for "for". So it should not be too specific. The most common use would be:

function loop(n, fn, ...args) {
    if (n > 1) loop(n - 1, fn, ...args)
    fn(...args, n)
}

loop(5, i => {
    console.log(i)
});

This is easy to read and reasonable shorter than for( ; ; )

Adding ...args is a nice option to call functions from within loop, as there is no other way to do this. If you write `loop(5,fn(x))`, fn would only be evaluated once. Using `loop(5, fn, x)` will call fn five times as expected.

loop should be able to pass all kinds of parameters to the function. So, you should try if your version works with all possible parameters.
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artydev •

I agree with this seems the most elegant way.

And if one wish all sort of variations is possible :

function loop(n, fn, ...args) {
    if (n > 1) loop(n - 1, fn, ...args)
    fn(...args)
}

loop(5, console.log, 1,2,3)

const loopn= (n) => (fn, ...args) => {
     if (n > 1) loop(n - 1, fn, ...args)
    fn(...args)
}

let loop5 = loopn(5);

loop5(console.log, "a test")

const loopnf = (n, fn) => (...args) => {
       if (n > 1) loop(n - 1, fn, ...args)
    fn(...args)
}

let loop3logconsole = loopnf(3, console.log)

loop3logconsole("TEST");
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Eckehard •

Cool, just don´t forget to call fn(...args, n), otherwise you cannot access the index from within your function.

And you should decide, if the index counts from from 1 to n (which is intuitive) or from 0 to n-1, which makes it easier to deal with array indices.

Happy coding!

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artydev •

:-) Thank you Eckehard

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artydev •

Hy Eckehard,
I published a answer
Regards