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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.javascript
Subject: Re: Iterating through an array (special syntax)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 15:49:02 +0200
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Rolf Niepraschk wrote:

> Am 18.10.2017 um 13:55 schrieb Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
>>    function foo (callback)
>>    {
>>      var t = window.setTimeout(function () {
>>        window.clearTimeout(t);
>>        var arr = [1, 2, 3, 4];
>>        callback(arr);
>>      }, 500);
>>    }
>> 
>>    foo((a) => {
>>      // a.forEach(…);
>>    });
> 
> This is _not_ what I want. I want a syntax similar to JQuery e.g.
> 
> $.get(...)
> .done(...)
> .fail(...)

I have given you enough clues.  Do your own homework.
 
>> But AISB, your approach at problem solving is *unwise* at best.
> 
> Please accept my wishes or do not write here.

You must be kidding.  Usenet is _not_ what *you* *want*.

<https://tty1.net/smart-questions_de.html>
 
>> For example, window.setTimeout() is a host object’s method provided by
>> Web browsers; it is unavailable in nodeJS, while there are other,
>> *better* ways
> 
> "setTimeout()" _is_ available in nodeJS

I stand corrected:

<https://nodejs.org/api/timers.html>
<https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/timers-in-node/>

However, as one can see there, it works slightly differently in Node.js than 
in Web UAs.

> and in my example it is only a place holder of any asynchronous way for
> creating an array.

I was aware of that.

Score adjusted

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