maken

You want an array of n objects, all the same. Or, you really want to make Douglas Crockford mad by using the Array constructor instead of the literal form.

maken to the rescue!

Usage

var maken = require('maken');
var myArray = maken(3, 'blind mouse');
console.log(myArray); // ['blind mouse', 'blind mouse', 'blind mouse']

Optionally pass in a function instead of an object to make an array of whatever the function returns instead!

var maken = require('maken');
 
var i = 0;
function yolo() {
  return 'YOLO'.substr(i++, 1) || 'I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO YOLO';
}
 
var myYolos = maken(6, yolo); // ['Y', 'O', 'L', 'O', 'I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO YOLO', 'I HAVE BUT ONE LIFE TO YOLO'];

Installation

npm install --save maken

Inspired by @angustweets.

Does anyone even use this

It comes in handy all the time in testing. Also this inflates my npm statistics and also my ego which is the purpose of existence.