I want to set the property(p1) of an item in an array. For example, array[1].p1="David". But an error happened. Following is the code, could someone give me a hint?Many thanks.
var array1=new Array();
array1[0].p1="MARY";
array1[1].p1="JHON";
for (index = 0; index < array1.length; ++index) {
alert(array1[index].p1);
}
I`ve tried array1.push({p1:"MARY"}), it works! But it can not set the value by "particular" index.
You asssumed that array is filled with empty objects {} by default which is not true. Before array1[0].properties you must place there object (hashmap):
array1[0] = {}.
What you are trying to do in your first example is add a property to an non-existent object in the first element slot of the array. This is why there's an error.
This is why your second example works. The object {p1:"MARY"} itself is being pushed into the first position. As Jon says in the comments this can also be done using array1[0] = {p1: "MARY"}.
(In your example, make sure you var your loop variables):
var array1 = new Array();
array1[0] = {p1: 'MARY'};
array1[1] = {p1: "JHON"};
for (var index = 0; index < array1.length; ++index) {
console.log(array1[index].p1); // MARY, JHON
}
Array should be declared as an object
for e.g. a[0] = {"p1":"Mary"}
myObject["123"] = { "C": 123, "D": 456 };
does not add more elements to the object (associative array), it replaces them; to add elements you'd have to write:
myObject["123"].C =123;
myObject["123"].D = 456;
As for #2 and #3, Javascript objects do not guarantee to return properties in the order in which they were added; for this you would have to resort to an array, and then after adjusting your data to the strictures of the different data structure, you could get the first element with:
myArray.shift()
array1[0] = {p1: "MARY"}.array1[0]does not exist before you insert it, so trying to set itsp1property individually makes no sense.array1[0]has a propertyp1, assuming thatarray1[0]itself is an object?". Was that what you meant?