Assigning an object property as the key of a new property in Javascript

Question

What I am trying to do is take two properties of a single Javascript object, and creat a new array with the first property as a key for the second one.

var optionArray = {}

for (var i = 0; i < this.collection.models.length; i++) {

  var f = $('.optionChange:eq('+i+')')[0].value;

  if (f === "yes") { 
    this.collection.models[i].set({"optionValue":"yes"});
  }
  else{
    this.collection.models[i].set({"optionValue":"no"});
  }

  var option1 = this.collection.models[i].get("optionName");                  
  var option2 = this.collection.models[i].get("optionValue");
  var result = option1 + ":" + option2;

  optionArray[i] = {
    option1 : option2
  }

};
console.log(optionArray);

This however only outputs to {option1:"option2 property value"}. The key will not change, it only displays as the word option1. Is there any way to accomplish this?

Just a side-note: `optionArray` is _not_ an array, but an object... — Elias Van Ootegem, Jun 17 '13 at 06:58

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 17 '13 at 06:40

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This is wrong, since you can't use a variable as the property name when you use {} notation:

optionArray[i] = {
    option1 : option2
}

Try this instead:

optionArray[i] = {} // Make a new empty object
optionArray[i][option1] = option2;

answered Jun 17 '13 at 06:40

tb11

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '13 at 06:41

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You have to write it like this:

optionArray[i] = {}
optionArray[i][option1] = option2;

answered Jun 17 '13 at 06:41

basilikum

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Assigning an object property as the key of a new property in Javascript

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