How do I count a JavaScript object's attributes?

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Suppose I have the following object in JavaScript:

var object = {
  "key1": "value1",
  "key2": "value2",
  "key3": "value3"
};

How do I find out how many values exist in the object?

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8 Answers

EDIT: this will case errors with jquery to happen, plus some other inconveniences. YOU SHOULD NOT USE IT: (perhaps if one could add a privaate method instead of a public property function, this would be OK, but don't have the time now). Community wikied

do not use:

Even though javascript's object by default doesn't have the count function, classes are easily extendable, and one can add it oneself:

Object.prototype.count = function () {
    var count = 0;
    for(var prop in this) {
        if(this.hasOwnProperty(prop))
            count = count + 1;
    }
    return count;
}

So that after that one can execute

var object = {'key1': 'val1', 'key2':'val2', 'key3':'val3'};
console.log(object.count()); // 3

As a conclusion, if you want count functionality in objects, you need to copy the code from code block 1, and paste it early in execution time ( before you call the count ).

Let me know if that works for you!

Regards, Pedro

user_4820190

Although it wouldn't be a "true object", you could always do something like this:

var foo = [
  {Key1: "key1"},
  {Key2: "key2"},
  {Key3: "key3"}
];

alert(foo.length); // === 3
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