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Anand
Anand

Reputation: 21320

Not getting JQuery/JavaScript object value in for loop

I am building some UI page using jQuery. In some function, i am creating a JavaScript object as

                var key = "04:52:00";
                var val = 13.21;

                var data = {
                    key : val
                };

When I try to loop through the data object like,

              for(var category in data) {
                         alert(category);
                         var points = data[category];
                         alert(points);
              }

In the above, I am getting the value of val variable correctly as 13.21, but I am not getting key variable value, instead in the alert(category);, I am getting key not 04:52:00.

I am not much familiar with jQuery/JavaScript.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 47

Answers (2)

Cerbrus
Cerbrus

Reputation: 72857

When initializing an object using a literal, like you're doing, you can't use variables for keys.

You'll have to use the bracket notation instead:

var data = {};
data[key] = val;

Upvotes: 1

adeneo
adeneo

Reputation: 318212

You have to use bracket notation to use variables as keys, when using dot notation or when creating an object, the key doesn't have to be quoted, and the literal string will be used as a key instead of the variable.

var key = "04:52:00";
var val = 13.21;

var data = {};
data[key] = val;

Upvotes: 3

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