Is it at all possible to use variable names in object literal properties for object creation?
Example
function createJSON (propertyName){
return { propertyName : Value};
}
var myObject = createJSON(myProperty);
console.log(myObject.propertyName); // Prints value
console.log(myObject.myProperty); // This property does not exist
If you want to use a variable for a property name, you can use Computed Property Names. Place the variable name between square brackets:
var foo = bar;
var ob = { [foo]: something }; // ob.bar === something
If you want Internet Explorer support you will need to use the ES5 approach (which you could get by writing modern syntax (as above) and then applying Babel):
Create the object first, and then add the property using square bracket notation.
var foo = bar;
var ob = {};
ob[foo] = something; // === ob.bar = something
If you wanted to programatically create JSON, you would have to serialize the object to a string conforming to the JSON format. e.g. with the JSON.stringify method.
