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What is the difference between Iterator and Iterable? Is one sub-type of the other or not? What are the actual differences in some real applications?

I am trying to read some tutorials and specifications, but they are all very complicated.

(I am using ES6 and Babel, if that helps.)

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    stackoverflow.com/questions/6863182/… Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 19:59
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    To those voting for closing: How is this too broad? I am asking for two related, concrete concepts in a specific language. (I am not complaining, just asking for more info.) Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 19:59
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    @Lashane that question is about Java, I am using ES6, that's a different language Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 20:00
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    the proposed duplicate is about another similar language, where the concept is identical (possibly replicated from). Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 20:01
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    From a language-independent standpoint: an iterator is an object you can use to iterate over the contents of a container, and an iterable is an object that can provide an iterator for its contents. Unsure if that will help, but perhaps it will? Commented Apr 26, 2016 at 20:02

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From Exploring ES6 by Dr. Axel Rauschmayer:

An iterable is a data structure that wants to make its elements accessible to the public. It does so by implementing a method whose key is Symbol.iterator. That method is a factory for iterators.

An iterator is a pointer for traversing the elements of a data structure (think cursors in databases).

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Both this answer and the proposed duplicate helped me, so I marked this question as answering and the proposed duplicate as duplicate

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