To count the number of objects in object literal using Jquery

Question

Code:

var animals = {
                    \"elephant\": {
                                    \"name\" : \"Bingo\",
                                    \"age\" :         


        

Answer 1

Can't you use an array?

Anyway, in an object, you can do that:

Object.prototype.length = function() {
    var count = 0, k=null;
    for (k in this) {
        if (this.hasOwnProperty(k)) count++;
    }
    return count;
}
console.log( animals.length() );