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What's the best way to get a string to act like an array/object in jQuery?

  • The plugin can be custom configured with multiple objects that define default values. The names of those objects will be developer defined - not predefined. Then based on "input" (e.g., form, parsing the CSS ids and classes, etc.) I want to use an "input" value to get the corresponding default object. (In case it's not clear, the input value would be a string of the same characters of a default object name.) Once I have the default values for the given input / object, I would proceed with using them in the plugin. Currently, when I try to .each the default parms when defining it with the "input" value, each parses that string, not the object the value of the string is asking for. Make sense? Pardon me if my jargon isn't accurate I'm somewhat new to this area of jQuery. In a nut shell, I'm looking for the jQuery equivalent of PHP $$ (double dollar sign).

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    I've created a demonstration of my best guess based on my understanding of what you've described: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-git.js"></script> <script type='text/javascript'>//<![CDATA[ $(function(){ var object = { "hi": "hello!", "bye": "good-bye!" }; $("#theinput").on("keyup", function() { var message = object[ $(this).val() ]; if ( message ) { $("#themessage").html( message ); } }); }); </script> </head> <body> Type: "hi" or "bye" <input type="text" id="theinput" value=""> <div id="themessage"></div> </body> </html> Live demo can be found here: http://jsfiddle.net/rwaldron/wZgCn/

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