How to create dictionary and add key–value pairs dynamically?

Question

From post:

Sending a JSON array to be received as a Dictionary

I’m trying to do this same thing as that post. The only issue is that I d

Answer 1

I happened to walk across this question looking for something similar. It gave me enough info to run a test to get the answer I wanted. So if anyone else wants to know how to dynamically add to or lookup a {key: 'value'} pair in a JavaScript object, this test should tell you all you might need to know.

var dictionary = {initialkey: 'initialValue'};
var key = 'something';
var key2 =  'somethingElse';
var value = 'value1';
var value2 = 'value2';
var keyInitial = 'initialkey';

console.log(dictionary[keyInitial]);

dictionary[key] =value;
dictionary[key2] = value2;
console.log(dictionary);

output

initialValue
{ initialkey: 'initialValue',
  something: 'value1',
  somethingElse: 'value2' }