I have a parent array containing child-arrays. length property on parent array displays 0 results, even when there are child arrays present.
Here's the code:
var balances = [];
balances['kanav'] = 50;
balances['yash'] = 50;
alert(balances.length);
console.log(balances);What's the reason?
The length property only works for Array properties that are numeric values. Arrays are just Objects with a special length property and some handy methods inherited from Array.prototype.
When you add properties like kanav and yash, they are added as plain object properties, not indexes, therefore don't affect length.
var arr = [];
// Add plain object properties
arr.foo = 'foo';
arr.bar = 'bar';
document.write(arr.length) // 0
// Add some numeric properties
// Since they are numbers, square bracket notation must be used
arr[9] = 9;
document.write('<br>' + arr.length) // 10
In your example balances is not an array, it is actually an associative array (they're both objects, but they have different methods).
If you want to use an array you could
var balances = [
["kanav", 50],
["yash", 50]
];
alert(balances.length);
console.log(balances);
If you wanted to stay with your current format you would have to loop over the objects to count them
var balances = [];
balances['kanav'] = 50;
balances['yash'] = 50;
var i=0;
for(var key in balances) {
if(balances.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
i++;
}
}
console.log(i);
balances is an array, and it is also an object. This still doesn’t answer the question.You are using the array as a json object, but an array handle indexes or push functions. Therefor if you use it in this way, it will produce the right result.
var balances = [];
balances.push('something');
balances.push('another');
alert(balances.length);
console.log(balances);
Or otherwise in this syntax:
var balances = [];
balances[0] = 50;
balances[1] = 50;
alert(balances.length);
console.log(balances);
balances is an associative array.
According to this post, you can obtain its length, in this way:
Object.size = function(obj) {
var size = 0, key;
for (key in obj) {
if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key))
size++;
}
return size;
};
var balances = [];
balances['kanav'] = 50;
balances['yash'] = 50;
alert(Object.size(balances));
console.log(balances);
lengthproperty is defined as the highest index plus 1, or 0 if it doesn’t contain any indices. Those properties do not count as indices.var a = new Array(8).