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Posted by marc ohlsson
marc ohlsson
Courses Plus Student 8,045 Points

arrays, what is the syntax error parsing mean here.

var mixture={'ab', 'abc', 'abcd', 60, 70, me};

2 Answers

Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points
Kevin Kenger
Kevin Kenger
32,834 Points

Hey Marc,

An array's values are stored within square brackets, not curly braces.

Like this:

var mixture = ['ab', 'abc', 'abcd', 60, 70, me];
Dave McFarland
STAFF
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher
Dave McFarland
Dave McFarland
Treehouse Teacher

Hi marc ohlsson

Like Kevin Kenger says -- you use [ ] to create an array, or list, of values in JavaScript. You use the curly braces { } to create an "object" or collection of properties with names and values:

var person = {
 name : "Dave",
 job : "Teacher at Treehouse"
}

You can access the properties of an object using "dot notation" like this:

person.name
person.job