Automatically create object if undefined

Question

Is there an easy way to automatically add properties to objects if they don\'t allready exist?

Consider the following example:

var test = {}
test.hel         


        

Answer 1

var test = {};
test.hello = test.hello || {};
test.hello.world = "Hello world!";

If test.hello is undefined, it gets set to an empty object.

If test.hello was previously defined, it stays unchanged.

var test = {
  hello : {
    foobar : "Hello foobar"
  }
};

test.hello = test.hello || {};
test.hello.world = "Hello World";

console.log(test.hello.foobar); // this is still defined;
console.log(test.hello.world); // as is this.