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iterAdvance

Advance an iterator.

Usage

import iterAdvance from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/iter-advance@deno/mod.js';

iterAdvance( iterator[, n] )

Eagerly advances and returns a provided iterator.

import array2iterator from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-to-iterator@deno/mod.js';

var arr = array2iterator( [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ] );
var it = iterAdvance( arr );

var bool = ( it === arr );
// returns true

var v = it.next().done;
// returns true

By default, the function eagerly consumes an entire iterator (i.e., n == 1e308). To limit the number of iterations, provide a second argument.

import array2iterator from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-to-iterator@deno/mod.js';

var arr = array2iterator( [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ] );
var it = iterAdvance( arr, 4 );

var bool = ( it === arr );
// returns true

var v = it.next().value;
// returns 1

bool = it.next().done;
// returns true

Notes

• The function eagerly advances an input iterator n iterations or until the input iterator finishes, whichever comes first.

• This function is equivalent to performing manual iteration using a while loop.

  import array2iterator from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/array-to-iterator@deno/mod.js';
  
  var arr = array2iterator( [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 1 ] );
  
  var i = 0;
  var v;
  while ( i < 4 ) {
      v = arr.next();
      if ( v.done ) {
          break;
      }
      i += 1;
  }
  
  v = arr.next().value;
  // returns 1
  
  var bool = arr.next().done;
  // returns true

Examples

import randu from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/random-iter-randu@deno/mod.js';
import iterLength from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/iter-length@deno/mod.js';
import iterAdvance from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/iter-advance@deno/mod.js';

// Create an iterator which generates uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers:
var opts = {
    'iter': 100
};
var it1 = randu( opts );

// Discard the first 10 values:
var it2 = iterAdvance( it1, 10 );

// Determine the iterator length:
var len = iterLength( it2 );
// returns 90

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See Also

• @stdlib/iter-head: create an iterator which returns the first n values of a provided iterator.
• @stdlib/iter-slice: create an iterator which returns a subsequence of iterated values from a provided iterator.

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