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Iterator class in Dart Programming
Iterator class in Dart is an interface that is used when we want to get items, one at a time, from an object.
The iterator is initially positioned before the first element. Before accessing the first element the iterator need to be advanced using the moveNext to point to the first element. If we reached the end of the object then moveNext returns false, and all further calls to moveNext will also return false.
It should be noted that if change anything in the object during the iteration, then the behaviour is unspecified.
We make use of the current property of the Iterator class when we want to get the current element of the object while iterating over it.
Let's take a look at an example where we have a list of different fruits, and we make use of the iterator to iterate over them one by one.
Example
Consider the example shown below −
void main(){
var fruits = ['apple','mango','banana'];
var fruit = fruits.iterator;
while(fruit.moveNext()){
print(fruit.current);
}
}Output
apple mango banana
Iterator can also be used on maps, but since we can't iterate over the key-value pairs stored in the map. We will make use of the iterator over the keys object and the values object separately.
Example
Consider the example shown below −
void main(){
var map = new Map();
map['apple'] = true;
map['banana'] = true;
map['kiwi'] = false;
var valuesIterator = map.values.iterator;
while(valuesIterator.moveNext()){
print(valuesIterator.current);
}
var keysIterator = map.keys.iterator;
while(keysIterator.moveNext()){
print(keysIterator.current);
}
}Output
true true false apple banana kiwi
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