adding array to Object

javascript, json

Solution

After you clarified your request in the comments, the solution is easy:

var XMLObject = {};
var XMLObjectDetail = [];
XMLObject["XMLObjectDetail"] = XMLObjectDetail;

you may shorten it to

var XMLObjectDetail, XMLObject = {XMLObjectDetail: XMLObjectDetail = []};

However, I need to mention some serious flaws in your code:

XMLObject = {}; // no var keyword: the variable will be global
var XMLObjectDetail = [];

$.each(data, function(index, element) {
    // I don't know how your data object/array looks like, but your code will be 
    // executed many times
    // For each element, you will overwrite the properties
    XMLObject.CardCode = element['CardCode'] // missing semicolon
    XMLObject.CardName = element['CardName'];
    // so that the final XMLObject will only contain cardcode and -name of the last one
    // It will depend on your console whether you see different objects
    // or the same object reference all the time
    console.log(XMLObject);

    // This part is completey incomprehensible
    // you now loop over the properties of the current element, e.g. CardCode
    $.each(element, function(key, value) { 
        // and again you only overwrite the same property all the time
        XMLObject[[XMLObjectDetail.InvPayAmnt]] = value['InvPayAmnt'];
        // but wait: The property name you try to set is very, um, interesting.
        // first, XMLObjectDetail is still an (empty) Array and has 
        //  no 'InvPayAmnt' property - leads to a undefined
        // then, you build an Array with that [undefined] value as the only item
        // OMG, an array? JavaScript does only allow strings as property names,
        //  so the array will be converted to a string - resulting to the empty string ""
    });
});

Problem

I am trying to loop through Json twice: once for parent elements and then again for more detail. (This eventually will be exported to XML) In the meantime, how do I go about adding an array to an Object? My current code doesn't create XMLObjectDetail ``` XMLObject = {}; var XMLObjectDetail = []; $.each(data, function(index, element) { XMLObject.CardCode = element['CardCode'] XMLObject.CardName = element['CardName']; console.log(XMLObject); $.each(element, function(key, value) { XMLObject[[XMLObjectDetail.InvPayAmnt]] = value['InvPayAmnt']; }); }); ```

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