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paperboy
paperboy

Reputation: 201

Nested Object Keyname as variable

iam trying to set a variable as a keyname but as always iam just failing. (javascript newbie)

Here is my example object:

disk = {
    "id": {
        "type": "xxxx",
        "content": "xxxx"
    }
}

Later i want to output my content with disk[id].content. Now the question is how to set the key 'id' with an variable? (got a unique id with i try to get in there)

In the end it should read: (for example) disk = { "5546": { "type": "xxxx", "content": "xxxx" } }

Thanks a lot for your help!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 67

Answers (2)

Halcyon
Halcyon

Reputation: 57719

So you want:

var id = "5546";
var disk = {
    id: {/*etc*/}
}

And expect:

disk: { 5546: {/*etc*/} }

You can't do this in JavaScript with this notation.

You can do:

var id = "5549";
var disk = {};
disk[id] = {/*etc*/};

Upvotes: 2

user229044
user229044

Reputation: 239291

You can't use variables for key names using object literal notation.

You need to use disk = {}; disk[id] = { content: ..., type: ... }.

Upvotes: 6

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