AsyncIterator.prototype[@@asyncIterator]()

The [@@asyncIterator]() method of AsyncIterator instances implements the async iterable protocol and allows built-in async iterators to be consumed by most syntaxes expecting async iterables, such as for await...of loops. It returns the value of this, which is the async iterator object itself.

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Syntax

js

asyncIterator[Symbol.asyncIterator]()

Return value

The value of this, which is the async iterator object itself.

Examples

Iteration using for await...of loop

Note that you seldom need to call this method directly. The existence of the @@asyncIterator method makes all built-in async iterators async iterable, and iterating syntaxes like the for await...of loop automatically calls this method to obtain the async iterator to loop over.

js

const asyncIterator = (async function* () {
  yield 1;
  yield 2;
  yield 3;
})();
(async () => {
  for await (const value of asyncIterator) {
    console.log(value);
  }
})();
// Logs: 1, 2, 3

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript Language Specification
# sec-asynciteratorprototype-asynciterator

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See also