cycle-array

cycle-array

Cycle through array values

Use Case

I wanted to create a component that rotated a set of images, looping back to the start.

var Cycle = require('cycle-array'),
    cycle = new Cycle(),
    image = [ '/img1.png', '/img2.png', '/img3.png' ]

myComponent.on('interval', function (state) { 
  state.set('image.url', cycle(image)); // sets image.url to a new image on each call
});

Each call to cycle() will return the next array value, looping back to index 0.

Installation

Download node at nodejs.org and install it, if you haven't already.

npm install cycle-array --save

Notes

I kind of hate the Cycle/new Cycle() pattern, but it was the quickest way to keep multiple instances from stomping on one another. I'm going to revist this with ES6 syntax for fun later.

License

MIT