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Javascript – Loop through an array and return all indexes not just the 1st value

As the title says atm i am looping through and array and when I try to return it, it only returns the first index.

const array = ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink'];

const stuff = () => {
    let store = [];
    let arr = array;
    console.log('this returns ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink']', array);
    for(let i = 0; i <= arr.length; i++) {
      console.log('Log individual indexes', arr[i]);
      const element = arr[i];
      console.log('stores those indexes in element', element);
      // in console I see:
      // blue
      // orange
      store.push(element);
      return element; // function only returns blue
    }
  }

I know its because a return stops the loop but how can I return all the values in the array:

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  1. 0

    You just need to move the return out of the for loop, here is the fixed code.

    const array = ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink'];

const stuff = () => {
    let store = [];
    let arr = array;
    console.log('this returns ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink']', array);
    for(let i = 0; i <= arr.length; i++) {
      console.log('Log individual indexes', arr[i]);
      const element = arr[i];
      console.log('stores those indexes in element', element);
      // in console I see:
      // blue
      // orange
      store.push(element);
    }
    return store; // function returns all of them
  }
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  2. 0

    The issue is indeed that the return statement inside the loop stops the function after the first iteration, which is why you’re only getting the first element (‘blue‘) returned. To return all the values in the array, you need to move the return statement outside of the loop.

    const array = ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink'];

const stuff = () => {
    let store = [];
    let arr = array;
    console.log('this returns ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink']', array);
    for(let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { // changed loop condition to i < arr.length
        console.log('Log individual indexes', arr[i]);
        const element = arr[i];
        console.log('stores those indexes in element', element);
        store.push(element);
    }
    return store; // return the full store array after the loop
}

const result = stuff();
console.log('Final result:', result);
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  3. 0

    As you mention the issue is in return, you need to take it out of the loop but still, it will show you an error due to syntax issue in

    console.log(‘this returns [‘blue’, ‘orange’, ‘brown’, ‘pink’]’,
    array);

    Update this line by

    console.log('this returns ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink']', array);

    full code is:

    const array = ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink'];

const stuff = () => {
    let store = [];
    let arr = array;
    console.log('this returns ['blue', 'orange', 'brown', 'pink']', array);
    for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
        console.log('Log individual indexes', arr[i]);
        const element = arr[i];
        console.log('stores those indexes in element', element);
        store.push(element);
    }
    return store; // Return the entire array after the loop completes
};
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