How to insert a JS object into an anonymous array

Question

I have an object:

var JSONObject = {
    "thing": {
        "array": [{
            "a": "aaa"
        }]
    }
};

And I'm trying to push another object here:

var JSONObject = {
    "thing": {
        "array": [{
            "a": "aaa",
            "NEW THING": "GOES HERE"
        }]
    }
};

Normally, you would do:

JSONObject.thing.array.push({"NEW THING": "GOES HERE"})

But in this case I can't do that, since there's no real handle to the object; it's undefined.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks.

void · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-22 22:42:45Z

3

Do

JSONObject.thing.array[0]["NEW THING"] = "GOES HERE";

This

{
   "a": "aaa"
}

is not an array, but an object and you want to insert a new key value pair.

answered Dec 22, 2015 at 22:42

void

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