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JavaScript

Posted by cyber voyager
cyber voyager
8,859 Points

for in loop related question

const firstList = document.getElementById('firstList');

let myObject = {
    firstName: 'Stavros',
    lastName: 'Pantelidis',
    age: 17,
    hobby: 'computing'
}

// I did this console.log(x) and it logged all the keys and then I did the code at the bottom and it gave me the values, why? 
for (let x in myObject) {
    console.log(myObject[x]);
}

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

Because "x" represents the key and "myObject[x]" represents the value.

Or is there more to your question?

cyber voyager
cyber voyager
8,859 Points

Yes, there is, how come myObject[x] represents the value? I mean we console.log(x) and it give us the key and then we do console.log(myObject[x]) and it gives us the value? why? I mean the code doesn't feel ok.

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
243,656 Points

I'm not sure what you mean by "feel". What you have observed here is very typical and relates to the basic structure of an object.