JavaScript .values()

The .values() method of a Map object returns a new Map iterator object that contains the values for each element, in insertion order.

This method does not modify the original Map and can be used to iterate through the stored values, excluding the keys.

Syntax

map.values()

Parameters:

This method doesn’t take any parameters.

Return value:

Returns a new iterator object that contains the values from the Map, in the order they were inserted.

Example

In this example, the .values() method retrieves all values stored in a Map object:

const studentScores = new Map([
  ['Alice', 95],
  ['Bob', 87],
  ['Charlie', 92],
]);

const valuesIterator = studentScores.values();

for (const score of valuesIterator) {
  console.log(score);
}

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The output of this code is:

95
87
92

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In this example, .values() returns an iterator of stock quantities, which are printed using a for...of loop:

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