Generators
Don't fear the *. The generator function specifies what value is yielded next time next() is called. Can either
have a finite number of yields, after which next() returns an undefined value, or an infinite number of values
using a loop.
function* greeter() {
yield 'Hi';
yield 'How are you?';
yield 'Bye';
}
const greet = greeter();
console.log(greet.next().value);
// 'Hi'
console.log(greet.next().value);
// 'How are you?'
console.log(greet.next().value);
// 'Bye'
console.log(greet.next().value);
// undefined
And using a generator for infinite values:
function* idCreator() {
let i = 0;
while (true) yield i++;
}
const ids = idCreator();
console.log(ids.next().value);
// 0
console.log(ids.next().value);
// 1
console.log(ids.next().value);
// 2
// etc...