one line "hash"

[Jeff Thies]

I have this:

var hash=new Array();
hash['a']='some_value';
hash['b']='some other value';

Whar do you call that in javascript?

I know it's possible to define this in one line, but I've forgotten how.
Something like:

var hash=new Array('a':'some value','b':'som e other value') ???

Jeff

[ZER0]

Re: one line "hash&quot ;

On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 04:59:14 GMT, Jeff Thies wrote:
[color=blue]
> var hash=new Array();
> hash['a']='some_value';
> hash['b']='some other value';[/color]
[color=blue]
> Whar do you call that in javascript?[/color]

Array. With two new custom properties, called "a" and "b":

alert(hash.a);
alert(hash.b);
[color=blue]
> I know it's possible to define this in one line, but I've forgotten how.
> Something like:[/color]
[color=blue]
> var hash=new Array('a':'some value','b':'som e other value') ???[/color]

You mean:

var hash={a:"some value",b:"some other value");

This is not an Array. This is an Object. And this syntax is called "Object
Initializer".

The previous code is equals to:

var hash=new Object();
hash.a="some value";
hash.b="some other value";

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[Douglas Crockford]

Re: one line "hash&quot ;

> I have this:[color=blue]
>
> var hash=new Array();
> hash['a']='some_value';
> hash['b']='some other value';
>
> Whar do you call that in javascript?
>
> I know it's possible to define this in one line, but I've forgotten how.
> Something like:
>
> var hash=new Array('a':'some value','b':'som e other value') ???[/color]

You should be using an object for this application, not an array.

var hash = {a: "some_value ", b: "some other value"};

And don't call it a hash. It makes you look like a Perl Boob.

See http://www.JSON.org