“Cannot loop over them”? The classic, traditional iteration over an array is:
for (var i = 0; i < arrayLike.length; i++) {
doSomethingWith(arrayLike[i]);
}
This assumption is very deeply ingrained; in fact, arrays are mere plain objects in Javascript with the only addition of the .length
property which has specific behaviour when numeric properties are set on the object and .push
.
Everything else like .forEach
, .map
etc. are convenience additions which, yes, only exist on actual Array
instances, not array-likes.
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