I have this line of Javascript jQuery code
$.post('/blah', { comment_id: 1, description: ... });
However, what I really need is the ability to change comment_id to something else on the fly, how do I make that into a variable that I can change?
EDIT
Clarification, I meant changing the value of comment_id to say photo_id, so the left side of the assignment.
Use a javascript variable: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Guide/Values,_Variables,_and_Literals
var commentId = 1;
$.post('/blah', { comment_id: commentId, description: ... });
EDIT:
var data = {}; // new object
data['some_name'] = 'some value';
data['another_name'] = true;
$.post('/blah', data); // sends some_name=some value&another_name=true
EDIT 2:
$.post('/blah', (function () { var data = {}; // new object
data['some_name'] = 'some value';
data['another_name'] = true;
return data;
}()));
function doIt(commentId) {
$.post('/blah', { comment_id: commentId, description: ... });
}
Thanks to the clarification from Cameron, here's an example that does what the OP actually asked for, that is to make a property name in the object dynamic.
function doIt(name, value) {
var options = {description: '', other_prop: ''};
// This is the only way to add a dynamic property, can't use the literal
options[name] = value;
$.post('/blah', options);
}
Assign the object to a variable first so that you can manipulate it:
var comment_id = 17;
var options = { description: ... };
options[comment_id] = 1; // Now options is { 17: 1, description: ... }
options['comment_id'] = comment_id, shouldn't it?