create an associative array in jquery

Question

This is what I have so far and the shoe types are boots, wellingtons, leather, trainers (in that order)

I want to iterate through and assign th

Answer 1

Associative array in javascript is the same as object

Example:

var a = {};
a["name"] = 12;
a["description"] = "description parameter";
console.log(a); // Object {name: 12, description: "description parameter"}

var b = [];
b["name"] = 12;
b["description"] = "description parameter";
console.log(b); // [name: 12, description: "description parameter"]