From cec0803aff7432211bc551c5112a954c08587751 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Seth Trowbridge <seth111@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2025 15:46:03 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] walker started

---
 walker.js | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 walker.js

diff --git a/walker.js b/walker.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cba07af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/walker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+
+const set = new Set();
+function Walk(obj, parentObject, propertyName, path=[])
+{
+    if(obj !== null && typeof obj === "object")
+    {
+        if(set.has(obj))
+        {
+            console.log("ive been to", obj, "quitting");
+            return;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            set.add(obj);
+            console.log("ive never seen", obj, "here are its fields:");
+            console.log("-----------------");
+            for(let key in obj)
+            {
+                const val = obj[key];
+                console.log(key, val);
+                Walk(val, obj, key);
+            }
+            console.log("-----------------");
+        }
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        console.log(obj, "is a leaf")
+    }
+}
+
+const root = {hey:"1", deep:{}, arr:["a", "b"]};
+root.circ = root;
+Walk(root);