generators.js

function* makeSimpleGenerator(array) {
    var nextIndex = 0;
    
    while (nextIndex < array.length) {
        yield array[nextIndex++];
    }
}

var gen = makeSimpleGenerator(['yo', 'ya']);

console.log(gen.next().value); // 'yo'
console.log(gen.next().value); // 'ya'
console.log(gen.next().done);  // true



//With a class
class SimpleClass {
  constructor(data) {
    this.index = 0;
    this.data = data;
  }

  [Symbol.iterator]() {
    return {
      next: () => {
        if (this.index < this.data.length) {
          return {value: this.data[this.index++], done: false};
        } else {
          this.index = 0; //If we would like to iterate over this again without forcing manual update of the index
          return {done: true};
        }
      }
    }
  };
}

const simple = new SimpleClass([1,2,3,4,5]);

for (const val of simple) {
  console.log(val);  //'0' '1' '2' '3' '4' '5' 
}


//Using yield
var aGeneratorObject = function* () {
    yield 1;
    yield 2;
    yield 3;
}();
console.log(aGeneratorObject.next().value);