Intro to Loops Part 2

In my last blog we went over the two more commonly used loops: for loop and while loop. Now let's take a look at two newer loops that are now being used: For in and For of loops.

For Of Loop
The for/of lets you loop over data structures that are iterable such as Arrays, Strings, and others.

The syntax of a for/of loop is:

for (variable of iterable) {
  statement
}

Example
Let's say we have the following array

const myArr = ["dog","cat","snake","mouse"];

If we wanted to go through and print every element of this array we can do that easily using a for/of loop:

const myArr = ["dog","cat","snake","mouse"];

for(const element of myArr){
  console.log(element)
}

/* output
dog
cat
snake
mouse
*/

this is a much easier and cleaner way to iterate through an array than using a regular for loop:

const myArr = ["dog","cat","snake","mouse"];

for(let i=0;i<myArr.length;i++){
  console.log(myArr[i])
}

The for/of loop is create for iterating through arrays but what about the objects? That is where our next loop comes into play:

For In Loop

The for/in loop is used to loop through the properties of an object. The syntax of a for/in loop is:

for (variable in object){
  statement
}

Example
What if we wanted to iterate through the following object and print the values of each key?

const basketballTeam = {
  Guard:"Curry",
  Forward:"Leonard",
  Center:"Boban"
}

You can easily do this with a for/in loop

const basketballTeam = {
  Guard:"Curry",
  Forward:"Leonard",
  Center:"Boban"
}

for(const property in basketballTeam) {
  console.log(basketballTeam[property])
}

/*Output
Curry
Leonard
Boban
*/

If you only wanted to print the keys you could do that too:

const basketballTeam = {
  Guard:"Curry",
  Forward:"Leonard",
  Center:"Boban"
}

for(const property in basketballTeam) {
  console.log(property)
}


/*Output
Guard
Forward
Center
*/