can i pass a string to a javascript function and use it as an attribute of an object?

Question

i want to pass a string to a javascript function and use it as an attribute like this :

function object (){
   this.somevalue = 1;
   this.somevalue2 = 1;
   this.updateAttribute = function(name,value){
      this.{name} = value;
   }
}

can it be done ? Thank You .

You can refer to object properties like this... `object[name]` but in your case I believe `this` will refer to the function, not the object containing the function. — Reinstate Monica Cellio, May 11 '18 at 06:11
@Archer: The value of `this` depends on how the function is called. Since we don't know how it is called we don't know what `this` refers to. — Felix Kling, May 11 '18 at 06:14
it's called like this x = new object(); x.updateAttribute(name,value); — Islam ElHakmi, May 11 '18 at 06:18

score 0 · Answer 1 · 2018-05-11T06:37:40.070

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Yes, you can use [] ~~operator~~ bracket notation:

 this[name] = value;

edited May 11 '18 at 06:37

answered May 11 '18 at 06:11

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