How to assign a attribute value to a variable?

Question

Is it possible to use button attribute as a variable name of an array in JavaScript? I tried to do it as follows but it returns syntax error.

var $(this).attr("value") = [];

Is there any way to do this?

use an object and define it as object property..... `var obj = {}; obj[$(this).attr("value")] = [];` ..... or you can initialize it as global variable `window[$(this).attr("value")] = [];` — Pranav C Balan, Jan 18 '17 at 05:11
@guradio I want to use `$(this).attr("value")` as variable name. — isuru, Jan 18 '17 at 05:13
@PranavCBalan Your answer is correct. If you post it as an answer I can accept it. — isuru, Jan 18 '17 at 06:02

hackerrdave · Answer 1 · 2017-01-18T05:16:22.130

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var buttonValueAttribute = $(this).attr('value');

edited Jan 18 '17 at 05:16

answered Jan 18 '17 at 05:14

hackerrdave

I want to use $(this).attr("value") as variable name. – isuru Jan 18 '17 at 05:15
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That is not possible - you cannot use certain characters in variable names, like the `.` – hackerrdave Jan 18 '17 at 05:19

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