How to create deep object with dynamic name in Javascript?

How do you dynamically name and create an object in javascript?

• normally to create an object you would write: function Dog(name) { this.name = name; } fifi = new Dog("fifi"); How do I dynamically name the object so that I can write: var name = "fifi"; [name] = new Dog(name); to achieve the same outcome as: fifi = new Dog("fifi");

• Answer:

  If you know the object you're creating the variable on (a property, not just a variable) you can use https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Member_Operators#Bracket_notation, like this: var dogs = {}; dogs[name] = new Dog(name); Later you could access it either way: dogs.fifi //or... dogs["fifi"] If it's a global variable you're after, that object (instead of dogs above) would just be window.