JavaScript: How to iterate object with two the same keys (and get two values)
var obj = { key: value1, key: value2}
I would like to iterate it and get pars of (key and value1) and (key and value2)
if I use simple cycle:
for (var i in obj){
console.log(obj[i])
}
I got: key value2 key value2
so obj[i] always take last key
Keys in JS objects must be unique.
What happens, is:
var obj = {
key : value1
}
sets obj['key']
to value1
.
The subsequent declaration of key : value2
overwrites your previous one.
Possible solution to your problem:
var obj = {
key : [value1, value2]
}
for (var i in obj)
{
if (obj[i] instanceof Array)
{
for (var k; k < obj[i].length; k++)
{
console.log(obj[i][k])
}
}
else
{
console.log(obj[i]);
}
}
Another, possibly more elegant, solution would be to modify the way you store your data like so:
var obj = [
{ key : 'SomeKey' , value : 'foo' },
{ key : 'SomeKey' , value : 'bar' },
{ key : 'SomeOtherKey', value : 'baz' }
];
This obviously allows for multiple entries with the same key. The querying could be done somewhere along these lines:
values = [];
for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++)
{
if (obj[i].key === 'SomeKey')
{
values.push(obj[i].value);
}
}
console.log(values);
This is not possible. As in the declaration:
var obj = { key: value1, key: value2}
Initially obj.key is set as value1
, in the second assignment value1
is rewritten with value2
, So, obj.key is now value2
.
So you cannot access the initial value.