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emulating some method
// Array prototype method, however this is not safe, since it is added to the global scope
// definedProperty makes method non-enumerable as well as adding new property to in this case, to Array prototype
Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, 'mySome', {
// if callback is arrow function then context will be set to outer scope regardless of providing context argument
value: function(callback, context) {
if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
throw new TypeError(`${callback} is not a function`);
}
const length = this.length;
for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
// check sparse array ex. [1, , ,2]
if (i in this) {
if (callback.apply(context, [this[i], i, this])) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
},
});
// class alternative, safe since methods are locally scoped
class MyMethods {
constructor() {}
some(arr, callback, context) {
if (typeof callback !== 'function') {
throw new TypeError(`${callback} is not a function`);
}
const length = arr.length;
for (let i = 0; i < length; i++) {
// check sparse array ex. [1, , ,2]
if (i in arr) {
if (callback.apply(context, [arr[i], i, arr])) {
return true;
}
}
}
return false;
}
}
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