How to repeat an element n times using JSX and Loadsh

Question

The shortest way to do this without any external libraries:

const n = 8; // Or something else

[...Array(n)].map((e, i) => <span className="busterCards" key={i}>♦</span>)

solution without lodash or ES6 spread syntax:

Array.apply(null, { length: 10 }).map((e, i) => (
  <span className="busterCards" key={i}>
    ♦
  </span>
));

Here you go:

let card = [];
_.times(8, () => {
  card.push(<span className="busterCards">♦</span>);
});

You may want to add key to each span element so React won't complain about missing the key attribute:

let card = [];
_.times(8, (i) => {
  card.push(<span className="busterCards" key={i}>♦</span>);
});

For more info about .times, refer here: https://lodash.com/docs#times

<section>
      {Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) => <span key={i}>Your text</span>)}
 </section>

How does this work?

Array.from() is used in two contexts:

1. Creating an array from an array-like data structure. For example, we can convert a map into an array using Array.from()

   const map = new Map([ [1, 2], [3, 4], [4, 5] ])

   console.log(Array.from(map)) //gives an array - [[1, 2], [3, 4], [4, 5]]

2. Creating an array and filling out the values (This can be handy when we need to create an array containing more elements)

Array.from() accepts an object and a callback function.

Array.from({ length: 7 }, (() => 10)) // gives [10,10,10,10,10,10,10]

We can take advantage of the index (second parameter) inside the callback function to provide unique array elements

Array.from({ length: 4 }, ((_, i) => i + 1)) // [1,2,3,4]

Using _.times: https://jsfiddle.net/v1baqwxv/

var Cards = React.createClass({
    render() {
        return <div>cards {
          _.times( this.props.count, () => <span>♦</span> )
        }</div>;
    }
});

You could do it like this (without lodash):

var numberOfCards = 8; // or more.

if (data.hand >= numberOfCards) {
    var cards = [];

    for (var i = 0; i < numberOfCards; i++) {
        cards[i] = (<span className="busterCards">♦</span>);
    }
}

You can create an array with as many items as you need rendered and then map through the array to render the correct number of elements you need.

const totalItems = 8;

const items = new Array(totalItems).fill(null);


// .... then
return (
    {items.map((_, idx) => <span className="busterCards" key = {idx}>♦</span>)}
);