Question

I have two objects:

object1={
   type: 'obj1',
   nName: 'nName'
}

object2={
   type: 'obj2',
   pName: 'pName'
}

In my js code, I have:

object=GET_OBJECT();

The GET_OBJECT() method returns either object1 or object2, then, I would like to access the object’s name attribute which is either nName or pName.

I have one method which will get the name (pName or nName) of the returned object:

function getName(Object, name){
      return object.name;
}

where I would like the name to be a variable, so that I can access the pName or nName in this way:

object=GET_OBJECT();

var name='';

if(object.type=='obj1')
   name='nName';
else
   name='pName';

var finalName=getName(object, name);

But seems it won’t work since in:

function getName(Object, name){
          return object.name;
    }

name is a variable. In JS, is there any way to access attribute as a variable?

Answer 1

Try like this:

function getName(Object, name) {
    return Object[name];
}