I would like to iterate a TypeScript enum object and get each enumerated symbol name, for example: enum myEnum { entry1, entry2 }
for (var entry in myEnum) {
// use entry's name here, e.g., "entry1"
}
The code you posted will work; it will print out all the members of the enum, including the values of the enum members. For example, the following code:
enum myEnum { bar, foo }
for (var enumMember in myEnum) {
console.log("enum member: ", enumMember);
}
Will print the following:
Enum member: 0
Enum member: 1
Enum member: bar
Enum member: foo
If you instead want only the member names, and not the values, you could do something like this:
for (var enumMember in myEnum) {
var isValueProperty = Number(enumMember) >= 0
if (isValueProperty) {
console.log("enum member: ", myEnum[enumMember]);
}
}
That will print out just the names:
Enum member: bar
Enum member: foo
Caveat: this slightly relies on an implementation detail: TypeScript compiles enums to a JS object with the enum values being members of the object. If TS decided to implement them different in the future, the above technique could break.