function forpromise(lo, hi, st, res, fn) {
if (typeof res === 'function') {
fn = res;
res = undefined;
}
if (typeof hi === 'function') {
fn = hi;
hi = lo;
lo = 0;
st = 1;
}
if (typeof st === 'function') {
fn = st;
st = 1;
}
return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
(function loop(i) {
if (i >= hi) return resolve(res);
const promise = new Promise(function(nxt, brk) {
try {
fn(i, nxt, brk);
} catch (ouch) {
return reject(ouch);
}
});
promise.
catch (function(brkres) {
hi = lo - st;
resolve(brkres)
}).then(function(el) {
if (res) res.push(el);
loop(i + st)
});
})(lo);
});
}
//no result returned, just loop from 0 thru 9
forpromise(0, 10, function(i, next) {
console.log("iterating:", i);
next();
}).then(function() {
console.log("test result 1", arguments);
//shortform:no result returned, just loop from 0 thru 4
forpromise(5, function(i, next) {
console.log("counting:", i);
next();
}).then(function() {
console.log("test result 2", arguments);
//collect result array, even numbers only
forpromise(0, 10, 2, [], function(i, collect) {
console.log("adding item:", i);
collect("result-" + i);
}).then(function() {
console.log("test result 3", arguments);
//collect results, even numbers, break loop early with different result
forpromise(0, 10, 2, [], function(i, collect, break_) {
console.log("adding item:", i);
if (i === 8) return break_("ending early");
collect("result-" + i);
}).then(function() {
console.log("test result 4", arguments);
// collect results, but break loop on exception thrown, which we catch
forpromise(0, 10, 2, [], function(i, collect, break_) {
console.log("adding item:", i);
if (i === 4) throw new Error("failure inside loop");
collect("result-" + i);
}).then(function() {
console.log("test result 5", arguments);
}).
catch (function(err) {
console.log("caught in test 5:[Error ", err.message, "]");
});
});
});
});
});
