Getting JavaScript object key list

Question

I have a JavaScript object like

var obj = {
   key1: \'value1\',
   key2: \'value2\',
   key3: \'value3\',
   key4: \'value4\'
}

How can I

Answer 1

If you only want the keys which are specific to that particular object and not any derived prototype properties:

function getKeys(obj) {
    var r = []
    for (var k in obj) {
        if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(k)) 
            continue
        r.push(k)
    }
    return r
}

e.g:

var keys = getKeys({'eggs': null, 'spam': true})
var length = keys.length // access the `length` property as usual for arrays