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SyntaxError: a declaration in the head of a for-of loop can't have an initializer - JavaScript | MDN

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SyntaxError: for-of loop variable declaration may not have an initializer. (V8-based) SyntaxError: a declaration in the head of a for-of loop can't have an initializer (Firefox) SyntaxError: Cannot assign to the loop variable inside a for-of loop header. (Safari)

Error type

SyntaxError

What went wrong?

The head of a for...of loop contains an initializer expression. That is, a variable is declared and assigned a value for (const i = 0 of iterable). This is not allowed in for-of loops. You might want a for loop that does allow an initializer.

Examples

Invalid for-of loop

js
const iterable = [10, 20, 30];

for (const value = 50 of iterable) {
  console.log(value);
}

// SyntaxError: a declaration in the head of a for-of loop can't
// have an initializer

Valid for-of loop

You need to remove the initializer (value = 50) in the head of the for-of loop. Maybe you intended to make 50 an offset value, in that case you could add it to the loop body, for example.

js
const iterable = [10, 20, 30];

for (let value of iterable) {
  value += 50;
  console.log(value);
}
// 60
// 70
// 80

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