Legacy generator function

The legacy generator function statement declares legacy generator functions with the specified parameters.

You can also define functions using the Function constructor with functionBody and at least one yield expression, and a legacy generator function expression.

Syntax

function name([param,[, param,[..., param]]]) {
   [statements]
}

name

The function name.

param

The name of an argument to be passed to the function. A function can have up to 255 arguments.

statements

The statements which comprise the body of the function. This should contain at least one yield expression.

Description

An overview of the usage is available on the Iterators and Generators page.

Browser compatibility

See also

• Generator
• The legacy generator function expression
• The legacy Iterator protocol
• yield
• Functions and function scope
• function
• function expression
• Function
• function*
• function* expression
• GeneratorFunction
• The Iterator protocol