Does JavaScript have a method like “range()” to generate a range within the supplied bounds?

Question

In PHP, you can do...

range(1, 3); // Array(1, 2, 3)
range(\"A\", \"C\"); // Array(\"A\", \"B\", \"C\")

That is, there is a function that l

Answer 1

... more range, using a generator function.

function range(s, e, str){
  // create generator that handles numbers & strings.
  function *gen(s, e, str){
    while(s <= e){
      yield (!str) ? s : str[s]
      s++
    }
  }
  if (typeof s === 'string' && !str)
    str = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
  const from = (!str) ? s : str.indexOf(s)
  const to = (!str) ? e : str.indexOf(e)
  // use the generator and return.
  return [...gen(from, to, str)]
}

// usage ...
console.log(range('l', 'w'))
//=> [ 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w' ]

console.log(range(7, 12))
//=> [ 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ]

// first 'o' to first 't' of passed in string.
console.log(range('o', 't', "ssshhhooooouuut!!!!"))
// => [ 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'u', 'u', 'u', 't' ]

// only lowercase args allowed here, but ...
console.log(range('m', 'v').map(v=>v.toUpperCase()))
//=> [ 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V' ]

// => and decreasing range ...
console.log(range('m', 'v').map(v=>v.toUpperCase()).reverse())

// => ... and with a step
console.log(range('m', 'v')
          .map(v=>v.toUpperCase())
          .reverse()
          .reduce((acc, c, i) => (i % 2) ? acc.concat(c) : acc, []))

// ... etc, etc.

Hope this is useful.