Creating a .net like dictionary object in Javascript

Question

I want to create a object in JavaScript which will store values in key, value pair and I should be able to pass some key and should be able to get its value back. In .NET wo

Answer 1

Just use a standard javascript object:

var dictionary = {};//create new object
dictionary["key1"] = value1;//set key1
var key1 = dictionary["key1"];//get key1

NOTE: You can also get/set any "keys" you create using dot notation (i.e. dictionary.key1)

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You could take that further if you wanted specific functions for it...

function Dictionary(){
   var dictionary = {};

   this.setData = function(key, val) { dictionary[key] = val; }
   this.getData = function(key) { return dictionary[key]; }
}

var dictionary = new Dictionary();
dictionary.setData("key1", "value1");
var key1 = dictionary.getData("key1");