JavaScript Iterator Lab

In this lab, you'll develop a deeper understanding of iterators in JavaScript by creating two fundamental functions: range and mapIterator. These functions are essential for array manipulation, allowing you to generate and transform arrays effectively. Remember to export each function using export default so they can be imported and utilized in other files.

Challenges

1. Creating and Exporting the Range Function:

   • Task: Write a function named range that takes two arguments, start (inclusive) and end (inclusive), and returns an array of numbers ranging from start to end.
   • Key Logic: Initialize an empty array, use a loop to add numbers from start to end to this array, and then return the array.
   • Export: Ensure to export this function as the default export from its file.
   • Examples to Test:
     • range(1, 3) should return [1, 2, 3].
     • range(5, 8) should return [5, 6, 7, 8].

2. Creating and Exporting the MapIterator Function:

   • Task: Develop a function named mapIterator that takes an array and a callback function as arguments, returning a new array with elements transformed by the callback.
   • Key Logic: Start with an empty array, iterate over the input array, apply the callback function to each element, and add the result to the new array.
   • Export: Export this function as the default export from its file.
   • Examples to Test:
     • Using mapIterator on [1, 2, 3] with a callback that doubles the number should return [2, 4, 6].
     • Applying mapIterator to [2, 4, 6] with a callback that adds 5 to each number should result in [7, 9, 11].

3. Applying the created Range and MapIterator Functions

• Import both range and mapIterator functions in the index.js file
• Create and export a variabe named myRange that holds the value of range(1,10)
• Create a function timesTwo that takes in a value n and returns 2n
• Create and export a variable named doubledRange which stores the return value of mapIterator with the arguments myRange and timesTwo

All the best!