Is it possible to add dynamically named properties to JavaScript object?

Question

In JavaScript, I\'ve created an object like so:

var data = {
    \'PropertyA\': 1,
    \'PropertyB\': 2,
    \'PropertyC\': 3
};

Is it poss

Answer 1

Here's how I solved the problem.

var obj = {

};
var field = "someouter.someinner.someValue";
var value = 123;

function _addField( obj, field, value )
{
    // split the field into tokens
    var tokens = field.split( '.' );

    // if there's more than one token, this field is an object
    if( tokens.length > 1 )
    {
        var subObj = tokens[0];

        // define the object
        if( obj[ subObj ] !== undefined ) obj[ subObj ] = {};

        // call addfield again on the embedded object
        var firstDot = field.indexOf( '.' );
        _addField( obj[ subObj ], field.substr( firstDot + 1 ), value );

    }
    else
    {
        // no embedded objects, just field assignment
        obj[ field ] = value;
    }
}

_addField( obj, field, value );
_addField(obj, 'simpleString', 'string');

console.log( JSON.stringify( obj, null, 2 ) );

Generates the following object:

{
  "someouter": {
    "someinner": {
      "someValue": 123
    }
  },
  "simpleString": "string"
}