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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects Mixing and Matching Arrays and Objects

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Foggy about "property" and "keys".

Objects are also great. 0:06 They provide a way to structure data that's easy to read and 0:10 retrieve using a property name or a key.

So you van retrieve data with a property, or key. Are property and keys the same, or are they different methods to retrieve data?

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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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"Key" is a more general term because key-value pairs are used in a lot of places in programming/computer science than just objects. "Property" is more specific to objects and OOP, no matter the language, with "key" being the name of the property.

Victor Learned
Victor Learned
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Victor Learned
Victor Learned
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var object = { 'name' : 5 };

Property is the part of object named "name" with value 5. Key is the word "name". Specifically property refers to the key-value relationship of an object.

Here's an official property defintion from the MDN docs: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/property/JavaScript