On 10/5/2016 4:37 AM, Mike Horvath wrote:
>> I don't understand what you're saying. But Lua (sort of) does it like
>> this:
>>
>> method 1
>>
>>     #declare MyFrobnitz = dictionary {
>>       Foo = 42,
>>       Bar = "FTW!"
>>     }
>>
>> method 2
>>
>>     #declare MyFrobnitz = dictionary {
>>       ["Foo"] = 42,
>>       ["Bar"] = "FTW!"
>>     }
>>
>> method 3
>>
>>     #declare Key1 = "Foo";
>>     #declare Key2 = "Bar";
>>     #declare MyFrobnitz = dictionary {
>>       [Key1] = 42,
>>       [Key2] = "FTW!"
>>     }
>>
>
> I'm trying to find out if JavaScript does something similar to method 3,
> but I don't think it can.
>
> http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_objects.asp
>
> Mike


I take that back. It can and does.

	var textIdentifier = "blah"
	var tableObject =
	{
		[textIdentifier]: "wee"
	}
	alert(tableObject[textIdentifier])

Mike

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