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Square bracket notation related coding questions

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can i add a property into an object after creating it?

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Yes, you can add a property to an object after creating it. In JavaScript, you can do this by using dot notation or square bracket notation.

Here is an example of how to add a property to an object using dot notation:

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let person = { name: "John", age: 25 }; person.city = "New York"; console.log(person); // Output: {name: "John", age: 25, city: "New York"}

And here is an example of how to add a property to an object using square bracket notation:

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let person = { name: "John", age: 25 }; person["city"] = "New York"; console.log(person); // Output: {name: "John", age: 25, city: "New York"}

In both cases, you can add a new property to an object by assigning a value to it after the object has been created.

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add a new property to the object

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To add a new property to an object, you can use dot notation or square bracket notation. Here's an example with dot notation in JavaScript:

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// Example object let myObject = { name: "Jane", age: 25 }; // Adding a new property using dot notation myObject.city = "New York"; console.log(myObject);

Output:

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{ name: "Jane", age: 25, city: "New York" }

You can also use square bracket notation to add a new property:

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// Example object let myObject = { name: "Jane", age: 25 }; // Adding a new property using square bracket notation myObject["city"] = "New York"; console.log(myObject);

Output:

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{ name: "Jane", age: 25, city: "New York" }

Remember that the property name can be a string or a variable holding the name as a string.

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how to update an existing empty object javascript

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To update an existing empty object in JavaScript, you can use dot notation or square bracket notation to add properties and their values to the object. Here's an example:

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// Creating an empty object let obj = {}; // Adding properties to the object obj.property1 = 'value1'; obj.property2 = 'value2'; console.log(obj);

This will output:

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{ property1: 'value1', property2: 'value2' }

You can also update the values of existing properties by reassigning the value using dot notation or square bracket notation. Here's an example:

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let obj = { property1: 'value1', property2: 'value2' }; // Updating the value of property1 obj.property1 = 'updatedValue1'; console.log(obj);

This will output:

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{ property1: 'updatedValue1', property2: 'value2' }

Remember, dot notation is used when the property name is a valid identifier, and square bracket notation is used when the property name has special characters or is a variable.

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how to access a properties inside an object for a if else statement

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To access a property inside an object for an if else statement, you can use the dot notation or square bracket notation to access the property value.

Here is an example using dot notation in JavaScript:

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let myObj = { name: 'John', age: 30 }; if (myObj.age > 18) { console.log('You are an adult.'); } else { console.log('You are a minor.'); }

In this example, we are accessing the age property of the myObj object using dot notation. If the age is greater than 18, it will print "You are an adult." Otherwise, it will print "You are a minor."

Here is an example that uses square bracket notation:

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let myObj = { name: 'John', age: 30 }; if (myObj['age'] > 18) { console.log('You are an adult.'); } else { console.log('You are a minor.'); }

Both notations have the same result, but square bracket notation allows you to use a variable to access the property dynamically.

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how to add a property inside an object

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To add a property to an existing JavaScript object, you can use dot notation or square bracket notation. Here's an example using dot notation:

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let person = { firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe" }; person.age = 30; console.log(person); // Output: {firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe", age: 30}

In this example, we added an age property to the person object using dot notation.

Alternatively, we could have used square bracket notation like this:

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let person = { firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe" }; person["age"] = 30; console.log(person); // Output: {firstName: "John", lastName: "Doe", age: 30}

Both of these methods achieve the same result. Dot notation is usually preferred when you know the name of the property you want to add ahead of time, while square bracket notation is useful when the name of the property is stored in a variable or when the property name contains special characters.

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How to add property to object?

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To add a property to an object, you can use the dot notation or the square bracket notation.

Using the dot notation, you can directly assign a value to the property as follows:

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// Dot notation const obj = {}; obj.propName = 'Property value';

Using the square bracket notation, you can include variables and reserved words in the name of an object's property by wrapping the name of the property with quotes as follows:

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// Square bracket notation const obj = {}; const propName = 'key'; obj[propName] = 'Property value';

For more information, see this article.

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