jQuery and JavaScript Phrasebook

Creating Objects

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  var obj1 = {name:"Brad", title:"Author", "last-name":"Dayley" };   var obj2 = new Object();   obj2.name = "Frodo";   obj2.title = "Hobbit";   obj2["last-name"] = "Baggins";

You can create objects in the definition using {property:value, ..} syntax, such as var obj={name:"Brad", title:"Author"};. You can also create a new object and add properties to it using standard dot syntax.

The following code snippet shows an example of creating an array in each of these ways.

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<script>   var obj1 = {name:"Brad", title:"Author", "last-name":"Dayley" };   var obj2 = new Object();   obj2.name = "Frodo";   obj2.title = "Hobbit";   obj2["last-name"] = "Baggins";   document.write(obj1.name ...