jQuery passing variables to object array

Question

I am trying to pass a dynamic variable and I cant get it to work.

This code works, it returns the artist Kanye West through the API:

searchOptions = { name: 'Kanye West', fuzzy_match: true };

When I try to insert a string variable it doesn't work.

Like such:

var artistname = "Kanye West";
searchOptions = { name: +artistname, fuzzy_match: true };

How can I get it to work?

Please help! I really appreciate it

Felix Kling · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-28 00:38:42Z

4

Remove the +:

var artistname = "Kanye West"
searchOptions = { name: artistname, fuzzy_match: true };

You don't have JSON and it is not a problem of jQuery either. searchOptions is a normal JavaScript object.

answered Feb 28, 2011 at 0:38

Felix Kling

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Matthew Flaschen · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-28 00:49:07Z

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The problem is the +. Here, that is called a unary plus, and it converts the string to a number, in this case NaN.

answered Feb 28, 2011 at 0:38

Matthew Flaschen

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I think it will be NaN (that is what Google Chrome sys).

Thanks, @Felix. Lot of PHP lately. ;)