Why is using “for…in” for array iteration a bad idea?
The reason is that one construct: var a = []; // Create a new empty array. a[5] = 5; // Perfectly legal JavaScript that resizes the array. for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++) { // Iterate over numeric indexes from 0 to 5, as everyone expects. console.log(a[i]); } /* Will display: undefined … Read more