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Asked: 2026-06-04T15:22:43+00:00

When I do for (var i in window) console.log(window[i]) I get a list of

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When I do

for (var i in window) console.log(window[i])

I get a list of window properties and methods

Howver when I do the same for "Math" object, I get nothing.

typeof "window" == typeof "Math"

returns TRUE, so I do not see a reason why my loop is not working.

It’s strange as if I write directly Math['E'] I get the value of constant E.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Not all object properties are iterable. You’ll only get iterable properties in a for..in loop.

    Since most properties of window (which happens to be the global object) are user-defined global variables, they are enumerable.

    In modern JavaScript engines you can use Object.getOwnPropertyNames(obj) to get all properties, both enumerable and non-enumberable:

    >>> Object.getOwnPropertyNames(Math)
["toSource", "abs", "acos", "asin", "atan", "atan2", "ceil", "cos", "exp", "floor", "log", "max", "min", "pow", "random", "round", "sin", "sqrt", "tan", "E", "LOG2E", "LOG10E", "LN2", "LN10", "PI", "SQRT2", "SQRT1_2"]

    See Is it possible to get the non-enumerable inherited property names of an object? for more details.

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