Why isn't this element added to the object?

Asked Feb 27 '16 at 19:19

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I am taking some random entry from MongoDB. I am just trying to append some additional data to it and send it to the front-end. I have done this several times, but for some reason cannot get it working.

var activity = {}
activity =  activities[Math.floor(Math.random() * activities.length)]
activity.fgg = "HIII" 
console.log(activity)

It doesn't append fgg? Why is that? However, if I make ANOTHER object and do obj.activity = activity and obj.ff = "hii". it DOES append but not in the format I want (obj inside obj). What is happening?

Output is:

{ __v: 0,
  activity: 'Go for a walk outside',
  name: 'Let your inner eagle SOUR!',
  _id: 56c21cc39686e94b7918bc58 }

Where is fgg?

edited Feb 27 '16 at 19:23

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asked Feb 27 '16 at 19:19

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maybe your `activities` var is empty? – giannisf Feb 27 '16 at 19:21
nah it gives me name and activity and _id – Newbie Feb 27 '16 at 19:22
Yep. Code is working for me if I sub in my own array of empty objects. Try doing a console log on activities before the line that appends `fgg` – millerbr Feb 27 '16 at 19:22
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Maybe activity is an object that have it's own toString, try `console.log(activity.toString)` – jcubic Feb 27 '16 at 19:24
Oh its a mongo thing,let me try that! – Newbie Feb 27 '16 at 19:29
Yup, its a mongo thing turns out you cannot modify mongos objects. Hmm, thats new – Newbie Feb 27 '16 at 19:37
What solved MY problem was creating an objecting and inserting the values into that over lean() – Newbie Feb 27 '16 at 19:38

Why isn't this element added to the object?

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