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Kristen Wolff
9,550 PointsObject Literals
I am stuck on this code challenge. I can't figure out what it wants me to do. It seems like it should be curly braces, but that is not working either. Please help!!
var contact = [];
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Ricardo Hill-Henry
38,442 PointsYou've created an array instead of a Javascript object. "Square brackets" are used as the shorthand for creating arrays, while "curly brackets" are used as the shorthand for creating an object in Javascript.
var contact = {};