What's the right way to access the data from a JavaScript object?

Question

I have this object:

var Messages = {
    "msg100": "Message 100",
    "msg101": "Message 101",
    "msg102": "Message 102",
    "msg103": "Message 103",
}

If I want to get msg101 I can do it using any of these two methods:

Messages.msg101
// or
Messages['msg101']

Both return the same value. So, what method is better to use and why?

Looks like I've forgot how google works. LOL. I've searched it and could not find a decent answer. — Andrei Surdu, Dec 16 '14 at 11:25

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 16 '14 at 11:05

-1

The first one is more limited ( BTW i'm sure it's a dup).

var Messages = {

    "1": "Message 103"
}

alert(Messages.1) //nope

As opposed to this :

var Messages = {

    "1": "Message 103"
}

alert(Messages["1"]) //all ok

answered Dec 16 '14 at 11:05

Royi Namir

This answer is a correct one. don't see any reason for downvote – Royi Namir Dec 20 '14 at 21:53

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