How to list the properties of a JavaScript object?
javascript
Solution
In modern browsers (IE9+, FF4+, Chrome5+, Opera12+, Safari5+) you can use the built in Object.keys method:
var keys = Object.keys(myObject);
The above has a full polyfill but a simplified version is:
var getKeys = function(obj){
var keys = [];
for(var key in obj){
keys.push(key);
}
return keys;
}
Alternatively replace `var getKeys` with `Object.prototype.keys` to allow you to call `.keys()` on any object. Extending the prototype has some side effects and I wouldn't recommend doing it.
Problem
Say I create an object thus: ``` var myObject = {"ircEvent": "PRIVMSG", "method": "newURI", "regex": "^http://.*"}; ``` What is the best way to retrieve a list of the property names? i.e. I would like to end up with some variable 'keys' such that: ``` keys == ["ircEvent", "method", "regex"] ```