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posted on 04.20.2025

JavaScript Symbol.iterator

Symbol.iterator defines the default iterator for an object. Applying it to an object to enable iteration:

const myObject = { a: 1, b: 2, c: 3 };

myObject[Symbol.iterator] = function* () {
  for (const key of Object.keys(this)) {
    yield [key, this[key]];
  }
};

for (const [key, value] of myObject) {
  console.log(key, value);
}
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