Angular 2 index in *ngFor

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Sometimes we need to iterate the array while developing with Angular 2, at that time, we may use *ngFor to iterate every elements in the array.

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Introduction

First, codes below illustrate how to use *ngFor.
Suppose we have an array which names fruits and contains [“apple”, “pineapple”, “pear”]. Then we could use the following codes to iterate it.

<div class="father">
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits">
        {{fruit}}
    </div>
</div>

It means that for each fruit in fruits, we append a div with class children . The final source code should be like this:

<div class="father">
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits">
        apple
    </div>
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits">
        pineapple
    </div>
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits">
        pear
    </div>
</div>

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Iterate with index

Since sometimes we need to indicate the number of element while iterating it. We could also add a variable that contains the index of iteration.
Take the same example above, we may construct the code like

<div class="father">
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits; #i = index">
        No.{{(i + 1) + " " + fruit}}
    </div>
</div>

That will create a page like

<div class="father">
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits">
        No.1 apple
    </div>
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits">
        No.2 pineapple
    </div>
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits">
        No.3 pear
    </div>
</div>

As you can see, we have already printed every element within the list using its index.

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Index in function

Also we can use the index in a function, like

HTML file:

<div class="father">
    <div class="children" *ngFor="#fruit of fruits; #i = index" *ngIf="getExistance(i)">
        No.{{(i + 1) + " " + fruit}}
    </div>
</div>

Related TypeScript file:

...
getExistance(i: number){
    return i % 2 == 0;
}
...

We pass i as an argument to the function getExistance(). Then getExistance() determine if the element should appear.