我会这样编码：

function range(start, end) {
    return Array(end-start).join(0).split(0).map(function(val, id) {return id+start});
}  

range(-4,2);
// [-4,-3,-2,-1,0,1]

range(3,9);
// [3,4,5,6,7,8]

它的行为类似于Python范围：

>>> range(-4,2)
[-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1]

这个也反过来。

const range = ( a , b ) => Array.from( new Array( b > a ? b - a : a - b ), ( x, i ) => b > a ? i + a : a - i );

range( -3, 2 ); // [ -3, -2, -1, 0, 1 ]
range( 1, -4 ); // [ 1, 0, -1, -2, -3 ]

// range()              0..10, step=1
// range(max)           0..max, step=1
// range(min,max)       min..max, step=1
// range(min,step,max)  min..max, step=step
// Use:
// console.log(...range(3));
// Array.from(range(5))
// [...range(100)]
// for (const v of range(1,10)) { ... 

function* range(...args) {
    let [min, step, max] = {
        0: [0, 1, 10],
        1: [0, args[0] >= 0 ? 1 : -1, args[0]],
        2: [args[0], args[1] >= args[0] ? 1 : -1, args[1]],
        3: args,
    }[args.length] || [];
    if (min === undefined) throw new SyntaxError("Too many arguments");
    let x = min;
    while (step >= 0 ? x < max : x > max) {
        yield x;
        x += step
    }
}
console.log(...range());      // 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
console.log(...range(3));     // 0 1 2
console.log(...range(2, 5));  // 2 3 4
console.log(...range(5, 2));  // 5 4 3
console.log(...range(3, -3)); // 3 2 1 0 -1 -2
console.log(...range(-3, 3)); // -3 -2 -1 0 1 2
console.log(...range(-5, -2));// -5 -4 -3
console.log(...range(-2, -5));// -2 -3 -4

我刚刚通过Object.defineProperty在Array上创建了这个polyfill，以创建整数或字符串的范围。Object.defineProperty是创建polyfills的一种更安全的方法。

更安全的polyfill

if (!Array.range) {
  Object.defineProperty(Array, 'range', {
    value: function (from, to, step) {
      if (typeof from !== 'number' && typeof from !== 'string') {
        throw new TypeError('The first parameter should be a number or a character')
      }

      if (typeof to !== 'number' && typeof to !== 'string') {
        throw new TypeError('The second parameter should be a number or a character')
      }

      var A = []
      if (typeof from === 'number') {
        A[0] = from
        step = step || 1
        while (from + step <= to) {
          A[A.length] = from += step
        }
      } else {
        var s = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
        if (from === from.toUpperCase()) {
          to = to.toUpperCase()
          s = s.toUpperCase()
        }
        s = s.substring(s.indexOf(from), s.indexOf(to) + 1)
        A = s.split('')
      }
      return A
    }
  })
} else {
  var errorMessage = 'DANGER ALERT! Array.range has already been defined on this browser. '
  errorMessage += 'This may lead to unwanted results when Array.range() is executed.'
  console.log(errorMessage)
}

示例

Array.range(1, 3)

// Return: [1, 2, 3]

Array.range(1, 3, 0.5)

// Return: [1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3]

Array.range('a', 'c')

// Return: ['a', 'b', 'c']

Array.range('A', 'C')

// Return: ['A', 'B', 'C']

Array.range(null)
Array.range(undefined)
Array.range(NaN)
Array.range(true)
Array.range([])
Array.range({})
Array.range(1, null)

// Return: Uncaught TypeError: The X parameter should be a number or a character

使用TypeScript设置（应用程序范围）：

declare global {
  interface Function {
    range(count: number, start_with: number): number[];
  }
}

Function.prototype.range = function (
  count: number,
  start_with: number = 0
): number[] {
  return [...Array(count).keys()].map((key) => key + start_with);
};

使用JS设置：

Function.prototype.range = function(count, start_with=0){
    return [...Array(count).keys()].map((key) => key + start_with);
}

使用示例：

Function.range(2,0) //Will return [0,1]
Function.range(2,1) //Will return [1,2]
Function.range(2,-1) //Will return [-1,0]

(from, to) => [...Array(to - from)].map((_,i)=> i + from)