一个有趣的挑战是编写最短的函数来实现这一点。救援递归！

function r(a,b){return a>b?[]:[a].concat(r(++a,b))}

在大范围内往往速度较慢，但幸运的是量子计算机即将问世。

另一个额外的好处是，它令人困惑。因为我们都知道隐藏代码以防被窥探是多么重要。

要真正彻底混淆功能，请执行以下操作：

function r(a,b){return (a<b?[a,b].concat(r(++a,--b)):a>b?[]:[a]).sort(function(a,b){return a-b})}

我最喜欢的是生成器generateRange，它带有另一个运行生成器的函数getRange。与许多其他解决方案相比，这样做的一个优点是不需要的阵列不会多次创建。

function* generateRange(start, end, step = 1) {
    let current = start;
    while (start < end ? current <= end : current >= end) {
        yield current;
        current = start < end ? current + step : current - step;
    }
}

function getRange(start, end, step = 1) {
    return [...generateRange(start, end, step)];
}

console.log(getRange(0, 5)) // [ 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]
console.log(getRange(10, 0, 2)) // [ 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, 0 ]

编码为2010年规格（是的，2016年是ES6发电机）。这是我的想法，其中包含模拟Python的range（）函数的选项。

Array.range = function(start, end, step){
    if (start == undefined) { return [] } // "undefined" check

    if ( (step === 0) )  {  return []; // vs. throw TypeError("Invalid 'step' input")
    }  // "step" == 0  check

    if (typeof start == 'number') { // number check
        if (typeof end == 'undefined') { // single argument input
            end = start;
            start = 0;
            step = 1;
        }
        if ((!step) || (typeof step != 'number')) {
          step = end < start ? -1 : 1;
        }

        var length = Math.max(Math.ceil((end - start) / step), 0);
        var out = Array(length);

        for (var idx = 0; idx < length; idx++, start += step) {
          out[idx] = start;
        }

        // Uncomment to check "end" in range() output, non pythonic
        if ( (out[out.length-1] + step) == end ) { // "end" check
            out.push(end)
        }

    } else { 
        // Historical: '&' is the 27th letter: http://nowiknow.com/and-the-27th-letter-of-the-alphabet/
        // Axiom: 'a' < 'z' and 'z' < 'A'
        // note: 'a' > 'A' == true ("small a > big A", try explaining it to a kid! )

        var st = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ&'; // axiom ordering

        if (typeof end == 'undefined') { // single argument input
            end = start;
            start = 'a';
        }

        var first = st.indexOf(start);
        var last = st.indexOf(end);

        if ((!step) || (typeof step != 'number')) {
          step = last < first ? -1 : 1;
        }

        if ((first == -1) || (last == -1 )) { // check 'first' & 'last'
            return []
        }

        var length = Math.max(Math.ceil((last - first) / step), 0);
        var out = Array(length);

        for (var idx = 0; idx < length; idx++, first += step) {
          out[idx] = st[first];
        } 

        // Uncomment to check "end" in range() output, non pythonic
        if ( (st.indexOf(out[out.length-1]) + step ) == last ) { // "end" check
            out.push(end)
        }
    }
    return out;
}

例子：

Array.range(5);       // [0,1,2,3,4,5]
Array.range(4,-4,-2); // [4, 2, 0, -2, -4]
Array.range('a','d'); // ["a", "b", "c", "d"]
Array.range('B','y'); // ["B", "A", "z", "y"], different from chr() ordering
Array.range('f');     // ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"]
Array.range(-5);      // [], similar to python
Array.range(-5,0)     // [-5,-4-,-3-,-2,-1,0]

我正在分享我的实现，以防它对某人有所帮助。

function Range(start_or_num, end = null, increment = 1) {
    const end_check = end === null
    const start = end_check  ? 0 : start_or_num
    const count = end_check ? start_or_num : Math.round((end - start) / increment) + 1
     const filterFunc = end_check  ?  x => x >= start : x => x < end && x >= start

    return [...Array.from(
        Array(count).keys(), x => increment * (x - 1) + start
    )
    ].filter(filterFunc)
}
// usage
// console.log(Range(4, 10, 2)) // [4, 6, 8]
// console.log(Range(5, 10 )) //[5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
// console.log(Range(10 ))// [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

对于行为类似python range（）函数的函数，请使用以下命令：

function range(min=0, max=null){
    if(max === null){
        max=min;
        min=0;
    }
    var rg=[...Array(max).keys()];
    return rg.slice(min,max);
}   

…更大范围，使用生成器功能。

function range(s, e, str){
  // create generator that handles numbers & strings.
  function *gen(s, e, str){
    while(s <= e){
      yield (!str) ? s : str[s]
      s++
    }
  }
  if (typeof s === 'string' && !str)
    str = 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'
  const from = (!str) ? s : str.indexOf(s)
  const to = (!str) ? e : str.indexOf(e)
  // use the generator and return.
  return [...gen(from, to, str)]
}

// usage ...
console.log(range('l', 'w'))
//=> [ 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w' ]

console.log(range(7, 12))
//=> [ 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 ]

// first 'o' to first 't' of passed in string.
console.log(range('o', 't', "ssshhhooooouuut!!!!"))
// => [ 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'o', 'u', 'u', 'u', 't' ]

// only lowercase args allowed here, but ...
console.log(range('m', 'v').map(v=>v.toUpperCase()))
//=> [ 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V' ]

// => and decreasing range ...
console.log(range('m', 'v').map(v=>v.toUpperCase()).reverse())

// => ... and with a step
console.log(range('m', 'v')
          .map(v=>v.toUpperCase())
          .reverse()
          .reduce((acc, c, i) => (i % 2) ? acc.concat(c) : acc, []))

// ... etc, etc.

希望这有用。