How to Check a Function is a Generator Function or not using JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 25 Jul, 2024

Given an HTML document containing some JavaScript function and the task is to check whether the given function is generator function or not with the help of JavaScript. There are two examples to solve this problem which are discussed below:

Example 1:In this example, we will use functionName.constructor.name property. It functionName.constructor.name property value is equal to the 'GeneratorFunction'

then the given function will be the generator function.

html

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 

<head> 
    <title> 
        Check whether a given function is a
        generator function or not in JavaScript
    </title>
</head> 

<body style="text-align:center;">
    
    <h1 style="color:green;"> 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1> 
    
    <p style=
        "font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">
        Click on button to check whether a 
        function is generator or not? 
    </p>
    
    <button onClick="GFG_Fun()"> 
        click here 
    </button> 
    
    <p id="GFG" style="color: green; 
        font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold;"> 
    </p>
    
    <script> 
        var gfg = document.getElementById('GFG'); 
        
        function * generatorFunction() { 
            yield 10; 
            yield 30;     
        } 
        function isGenerator(fn) {
            return fn.constructor.name === 'GeneratorFunction';
        }
        function GFG_Fun() {
            gfg.innerHTML = isGenerator(generatorFunction);
        } 
    </script> 
</body>

</html>

Output:

Example 2: In this example, we will use instanceof operator. First define the generator function then check the value returned by instanceof operator is equal to the generator function or not.