How to set object property (of object property of..) given its string name in JavaScript?

Question

Suppose we are only given

var obj = {};
var propName = \"foo.bar.foobar\";

How can we set the prop

Answer 1

Since this question appears to be answered by incorrect answers, I'll just refer to the correct answer from a similar question

function setDeepValue(obj, value, path) {
    if (typeof path === "string") {
        var path = path.split('.');
    }

    if(path.length > 1){
        var p=path.shift();
        if(obj[p]==null || typeof obj[p]!== 'object'){
             obj[p] = {};
        }
        setDeepValue(obj[p], value, path);
    }else{
        obj[path[0]] = value;
    }
}

Use:

var obj = {};
setDeepValue(obj, 'Hello World', 'foo.bar.foobar');