I have a simple simulated aarray with two elements:
bowl["fruit"]="apple";
bowl["nuts"]="brazilian";
I can access the value with an event like this:
onclick="testButton00_('fruit')">with `testButton00_`
function testButton00_(key){
var t = bowl[key];
alert("testButton00_: value = "+t);
}
However whenever I try to access the aarray from within code with a key that is just a non-explicit string I get undefined. Do I have somehow have to pass the parameter with the escaped 'key'. Any ideas? tia.
The key can be a dynamically computed string. Give an example of something you pass that doesn't work.
Given:
var bowl = {}; // empty object
You can say:
bowl["fruit"] = "apple";
Or:
bowl.fruit = "apple"; // NB. `fruit` is not a string variable here
Or even:
var fruit = "fruit";
bowl[fruit] = "apple"; // now it is a string variable! Note the [ ]
Or if you really want to:
bowl["f" + "r" + "u" + "i" + "t"] = "apple";
Those all have the same effect on the bowl
object. And then you can use the corresponding patterns to retrieve values:
var value = bowl["fruit"];
var value = bowl.fruit; // fruit is a hard-coded property name
var value = bowl[fruit]; // fruit must be a variable containing the string "fruit"
var value = bowl["f" + "r" + "u" + "i" + "t"];
I am not sure I understand you, you can make sure the key is a string like this
if(!key) {
return;
}
var k = String(key);
var t = bowl[k];
Or you can check if the key exists:
if( typeof(bowl[key]) !== 'undefined' ) {
var t = bowk[key];
}
However I don't think you have posted the non working code?
You could use JSON if you dont want to escape the key.
var bowl = {
fruit : "apple",
nuts : "brazil"
};
alert(bowl.fruit);