creating object with dynamic name JS

Question

How can I accomplish this task:

var i = 'foo';
var x = {
          i: 'bar'
        }
console.log(x);
> {'foo':'bar'};

thanks!

T. Junghans · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-14 11:55:39Z

5

Use bracket notation:

var i = 'foo';
var x = {};
x[i] = 'bar';

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answered Mar 14, 2013 at 11:53

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thanks, I had to have some kind of eclipse of my mind and I could not come up with this by my own!