simple-javascript-pagination.js

function pagination(c, m) {
    var current = c,
        last = m,
        delta = 2,
        left = current - delta,
        right = current + delta + 1,
        range = [],
        rangeWithDots = [],
        l;
  
    range.push(1)  
    for (let i = c - delta; i <= c + delta; i++) {
        if (i >= left && i < right && i < m && i > 1) {
            range.push(i);
        }
    }  
    range.push(m);

    for (let i of range) {
        if (l) {
            if (i - l === 2) {
                rangeWithDots.push(l + 1);
            } else if (i - l !== 1) {
                rangeWithDots.push('...');
            }
        }
        rangeWithDots.push(i);
        l = i;
    }

    return rangeWithDots;
}

/* 
Test it:
for (let i = 1, l = 20; i <= l; i++)
    console.log(`Selected page ${i}:`, pagination(i, l));
Expected output:
Selected page 1: [1, 2, 3, "...", 20]
Selected page 2: [1, 2, 3, 4, "...", 20]
Selected page 3: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, "...", 20]
Selected page 4: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, "...", 20]
Selected page 5: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, "...", 20]
Selected page 6: [1, "...", 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, "...", 20]
Selected page 7: [1, "...", 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, "...", 20]
Selected page 8: [1, "...", 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, "...", 20]
Selected page 9: [1, "...", 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, "...", 20]
Selected page 10: [1, "...", 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, "...", 20]
Selected page 11: [1, "...", 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, "...", 20]
Selected page 12: [1, "...", 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, "...", 20]
Selected page 13: [1, "...", 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, "...", 20]
Selected page 14: [1, "...", 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, "...", 20]
Selected page 15: [1, "...", 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, "...", 20]
Selected page 16: [1, "...", 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
Selected page 17: [1, "...", 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
Selected page 18: [1, "...", 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
Selected page 19: [1, "...", 17, 18, 19, 20]
Selected page 20: [1, "...", 18, 19, 20]
*/