# babel-plugin-transform-regenerator > Transform async/generator functions with [regenerator](https://github.com/facebook/regenerator) ## Example **In** ```javascript function* a() { yield 1; } ``` **Out** ```javascript var _marked = [a].map(regeneratorRuntime.mark); function a() { return regeneratorRuntime.wrap(function a$(_context) { while (1) { switch (_context.prev = _context.next) { case 0: _context.next = 2; return 1; case 2: case "end": return _context.stop(); } } }, _marked[0], this); } ``` [Try in REPL](http://babeljs.io/repl/#?evaluate=true&lineWrap=true&presets=es2015%2Ces2015-loose%2Creact&experimental=false&loose=false&spec=false&code=function%20*range(max%2C%20step)%20%7B%0A%20%20var%20count%20%3D%200%3B%0A%20%20step%20%3D%20step%20%7C%7C%201%3B%0A%20%0A%20%20for%20(var%20i%20%3D%200%3B%20i%20%3C%20max%3B%20i%20%2B%3D%20step)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20count%2B%2B%3B%0A%20%20%20%20yield%20i%3B%0A%20%20%7D%0A%20%0A%20%20return%20count%3B%0A%7D%0A%20%0Avar%20gen%20%3D%20range(20%2C%203)%2C%20info%3B%0A%20%0Awhile%20(!(info%20%3D%20gen.next()).done)%20%7B%0A%20%20console.log(info.value)%3B%0A%7D%0A%20%0Aconsole.log(%22steps%20taken%3A%20%22%20%2B%20info.value)%3B&playground=true) ## Installation ```sh npm install --save-dev babel-plugin-transform-regenerator ``` ## Usage ### Via `.babelrc` (Recommended) **.babelrc** ```js // without options { "plugins": ["transform-regenerator"] } // with options { "plugins": [ ["transform-regenerator", { asyncGenerators: false, // true by default generators: false, // true by default async: false // true by default }] ] } ``` ### Via CLI ```sh babel --plugins transform-regenerator script.js ``` ### Via Node API ```javascript require("babel-core").transform("code", { plugins: ["transform-regenerator"] }); ```