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30-seconds-of-code/snippets/unfold.md
Mathias Bynens 8ee50178f3 Avoid confusing prototype methods for static methods
Correct: `Array.from()` (it’s a static method)
Incorrect: `Array.join()` (doesn’t exist; it’s a prototype method)

This patch uses the common `#` syntax to denote `.prototype.`.
2018-09-28 15:44:12 -04:00

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unfold

Builds an array, using an iterator function and an initial seed value.

Use a while loop and Array.prototype.push() to call the function repeatedly until it returns false. The iterator function accepts one argument (seed) and must always return an array with two elements ([value, nextSeed]) or false to terminate.

const unfold = (fn, seed) => {
  let result = [],
    val = [null, seed];
  while ((val = fn(val[1]))) result.push(val[0]);
  return result;
};
var f = n => (n > 50 ? false : [-n, n + 10]);
unfold(f, 10); // [-10, -20, -30, -40, -50]