[RESOLVED] associative array not populating

[Shawazi]

//el.id and type are passed in through function

var a = new Subscription(el.id, type);
Control.subscriptions[el.id] = a;
console.log(a);
console.log(Control.subscriptions);


This shows that `a` has a value, but console logging Control.subscriptions always returns a blank array.

The weird thing is if I do


//el.id and type are passed in through function

var a = new Subscription(el.id, type);
Control.subscriptions.push(a);
console.log(a);
console.log(Control.subscriptions);


it works perfect

[Shawazi]

i simplified for testing and still no luck


Control.subscriptions = new Array();
Control.subscriptions["abc"] = 'what?';
Control.subscriptions["Def"] = 'is next?';
alert(Control.subscriptions); //alerts blank
alert(Control.subscriptions["abc"]); //alerts "what?"



Control.subscriptions = new Array();
Control.subscriptions[0] = 'what?';
Control.subscriptions[1] = 'is next?';
alert(Control.subscriptions); //alerts "what?, is next?"
alert(Control.subscriptions[0]); //alerts "what?"

[Weedpacket]

JavaScript doesn't have associative arrays.

JavaScript arrays are objects: foo['bar'] creates a new object property "bar" in the "foo" object (foo["bar"] and foo.bar mean the same thing).

JavaScript's inbuilt Array() object contains special rules to skip over non-numeric properties when it's being treated like an array (so that all its other properties like "length" and "join" don't show up when you iterate over it).

So, it looks like you don't actually want an Array here. Just use an ordinary object.

[Shawazi]

Wow that's awesome I had no idea. Thanks.