renaming object with value from string array

Question

I am trying to use a value from an array of strings in place of the name of my object "midgaard" I tried both to change it to scene[0] and scene[0]. but nothing works. I dont understand the logic behind clearly. what can i do to replace midgard with a value from the array?

const whatDay = ["mon", "tue", "wed"];

const scene = ["midgard"];

function playingWhen(whatDay, scene) {
  let arr = [];
  for (let x = 0; x < whatDay.length; x++) {
    for (let i = 0; i < scene[0][whatDay[x]].length; i++) { //<-----
      console.log(i, midgard[whatDay[x]][i].act);
      arr.push({ [whatDay[x]]: midgard[whatDay[x]][i].act });
    }
  }
  console.log(arr);
}

playingWhen(whatDay);

const midgard = {
  mon: [
    { start: "00:00", end: "02:00", act: "Barrows Group", cancelled: true },
    { start: "02:00", end: "04:00", act: "break" },
  ],
  tue: [
    { start: "00:00", end: "02:00", act: "Bartell - Cummerata", cancelled: true },
    { start: "02:00", end: "04:00", act: "break" },
  ],
  wed: [
    { start: "00:00", end: "02:00", act: "A Perfect Circle" },
    { start: "02:00", end: "04:00", act: "break" },
  ],
};

you want to access midgard through scene[0]? you cann't do it like that, midgard is not inside any other object — codingStarter, Dec 10 '22 at 22:17

codingStarter · Accepted Answer · 2022-12-10T22:30:13.643

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you can make an object which contains all the scenes, something like that:

const scenes = {
midgard :{
  mon: [
    { start: "00:00", end: "02:00", act: "Barrows Group", cancelled: true },
    { start: "02:00", end: "04:00", act: "break" },
  ],
  tue: [
    { start: "00:00", end: "02:00", act: "Bartell - Cummerata", cancelled: true },
    { start: "02:00", end: "04:00", act: "break" },
  ],
  wed: [
    { start: "00:00", end: "02:00", act: "A Perfect Circle" },
    { start: "02:00", end: "04:00", act: "break" },
  ],
}

}

and then you can access it like that:

scenes[scene[0]]

it will make your code harder to read, try using Object Destructuring

edited Dec 10 '22 at 22:30

answered Dec 10 '22 at 22:25

codingStarter

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how can I improve my answer? I did mention it will make the code less readable, and as I understood, midgard is realy only a one of the scenes – codingStarter Dec 10 '22 at 22:27
yes idea is to introduce more scenes, , but yes it looks very crazy how would i destructure it? thanks alot for answering! – Soma Juice Dec 10 '22 at 23:43
you can read about it here, the idea is just to keep it shorter -https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Destructuring_assignment – codingStarter Dec 10 '22 at 23:48

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