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Casper Nybroe
Casper Nybroe

Reputation: 1199

Create dynamic name for object properties

I have the following function:

function renderCategoryList (receivedCategories) {
        var allCategories = [];
        for (var i in receivedCategories) {
            var category = {}
            category.categoryName = receivedCategories[i].Name;
            category.categoryId = receivedCategories[i].Id;
            category.categoryParentCategoryId = receivedCategories[i].ParentCategoryId;
            if (receivedCategories[i].ParentCategoryId != null) {
                var parentLevel = 0;
                var parentId = receivedCategories[i].ParentCategoryId;
                for (var z = 0; receivedCategories.length > z; z++) {
                    var parentName = "parentName" + parentLevel;
                    if (receivedCategories[z].Id == parentId) {
                        category.parentName = receivedCategories[z].Name; // the "category.parentName" should be dynamic. At first run this should be category.parentName0. 
                        parentId = receivedCategories[z].ParentCategoryId
                        var parentExists = true;
                        parentLevel++; //if a parentId exists this should raise the level with +1 and therefore at the next run the name should be "category.parentName1". 
                        z = 0;
                    }
                }
            }
            allCategories.push(category);
        }
        return allCategories;
}

I am trying to create a dynamic name for the variable parentName in category. At first run through the for loop the name of this variable should be parentName0 - second run it should be parentName1 and so on until the receivedCategories[i].ParentCategoryId is null.

The method shown above ignores the var parentName = "parentName" + parentLevel; and therefore in each run of the loop the category.parentName is overridden.

How can I make the parentName variable in category dynamic? I hope I have explained this in an understandable way. Otherwise please let me know so I can try to elaborate.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 49

Answers (1)

Jamiec
Jamiec

Reputation: 136074

Square bracket notation:

var parentLevel = 0;

function renderCategoryList (receivedCategories) {
    ...
    category["parentName" + parentLevel] = receivedCategories[z].Name;
    parentLevel++;
    ...
}

Upvotes: 2

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