What is the difference between `{ }` and `[ ]`?

Question

In JavaScript, what is the difference between

 var stack = {};

and

var stack = [];

JS basics are covered in tutorials: http://eloquentjavascript.net/chapter4.html. — Felix Kling, Jul 08 '13 at 20:05

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 20:03

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The first one is an empty object and the second is an empty array.

answered Jul 08 '13 at 20:03

j08691

@Neal - My hands shake so they usually fly over the keyboard pretty fast. Usually I end up with loads of typos but this time I got lucky ;) – j08691 Jul 08 '13 at 20:05

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