Is there an easy way to create dynamic variables with Javascript?

Question

I\'ve built a data-driven google map with different icons that get assigned to the map depending on the type of item located. So if I have 5 types of landmark, and each gets

Answer 1

It's really easy to do: object["variablename"] = whatever;

So for example you could have an object: var Landmarks = {} and you could add to it like so: Landmarks["landmark" + i] = new google.maps.Icon(); and pass it that way.

If you need these variables to be global (why would you?) you can access the global object directly using window.