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I'm just starting with Arrays, Objects, and JSON - so hopefully there's just something simple I'm overlooking here. I'm encountering an error when attempting to add (push) a new item into my json object.



I'm encountering the following error: Result of expression 'library.push' [undefined] is not a function (towards the bottom of my code snippet).



// This is my JSON object generated from a database
var library = {
Gold Rush : {
foregrounds : [Slide 1,Slide 2,Slide 3],
backgrounds : [1.jpg,,2.jpg]
},
California : {
foregrounds : [Slide 1,Slide 2,Slide 3],
backgrounds : [3.jpg,4.jpg,5.jpg]
}
}

// These will be dynamically generated vars from editor
var title = Gold Rush;
var foregrounds = [Howdy,Slide 2];
var backgrounds = [1.jpg,];

function save () {

// If title already exists, modify item
if (library[title]) {
// Replace values with new
library[title].foregrounds = foregrounds;
library[title].backgrounds = backgrounds;

// Save to Database. Then on callback...
document.write('Changes Saved to <b>'+title+'</b>');

// If title does not exist, add new item
else {
// Format it for the JSON object
var item = (''+title+' : {foregrounds : '+foregrounds+',backgrounds : '+backgrounds+'}');


// THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE HERE??
// Error: Result of expression 'library.push' [undefined] is not a function
library.push(item);


// Save to Database. Then on callback...
document.write('Added: <b>'+title+'</b>');
}
}

save();

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library is an object, not an array. You push things onto arrays. Unlike PHP, Javascript makes a distinction.



Your code tries to make a string that looks like the source code for a key-value pair, and then push it onto the object. That's not even close to how it works.



What you want to do is add a new key-value pair to the object, where the key is the title and the value is another object. That looks like this:



library[title] = {foregrounds : foregrounds, backgrounds : backgrounds};


JSON object is a vague term. You must be careful to distinguish between an actual object in memory in your program, and a fragment of text that is in JSON format.


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