What is this storage container called? 1

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

I've been using this method of storage for some time now, but can't remember where I found out about it:

var newRecord = { left: 0, top: 0 };

What I want to know is what is it called? I've always called the structure a record, but is this the correct terminology?

You can access the 'fields' in the 'record' using either dot notation (newRecord.left) or string notation (newRecord['left']).

BTW... For anyone interesting in an example that uses this storage method, check out my post on dynamic table sorting:

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Dan

 

[jemminger]

it's just shorthand for an object, equivalent to

function NewRecord() {
this.left = 0;
this.top = 0;
}

var newRecord = new NewRecord();


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[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Excellent - Thanks for that... I couldn't find any reference to that shorthand method!

Dan