Generators

A generator is a special function that returns an iterator. There are some differences between generator functions and regular functions:

• There is an * after the function keyword.
• Generator functions create iterators.
• We use the yield keyword in the created iterator function. By writing yield v, the iterator returns { value: v, done: false } as a value.
• We can also use the return keyword to end the iteration. Similar to iterators, the returned value won’t be enumerated by a data consumer.
• The yielded result is the next value of the iteration process. Execution of the generator function is stopped at the point of yielding. Once a data consumer asks for another value, execution of the generator function is resumed by executing the statement after the last yield.

Consider the following example: