how to put an object into an array

Hi Brian,

Its asking for 3 objects in the array with 2 items each. What you have done will work, but not what was asked. Check the below:

var objects = [
  {triangles: 2, squares: 3},
  {mutts: 2, puppies: 3},
  {time: 3, cop: 1}
];

Hello Brian-

To get the code to work you need to remove the "shapes", "dogs" and"jobs" from each object. The array is the only element that needs a name declaration e.g. "var objects". All you need to do in each object is place two key and property pairs. If you were to use strings as your property values you would need to make sure that they are in single or double quotes. Hope this helps Your code should look like this:

var objects = [
  {triangles: 2, squares: 3},
  {mutts: 2, puppies: 3},
  {time: 3, cop: 1}
];

Hi Brian,

The array of objects that you currently have in your post is valid JavaScript.

I think it really improves readability and reasonability when you add whitespace through line breaks and indentations, like this:

var objects = [
  {
    shapes: 
    {
      triangles: 2, 
      squares: 3
    }
  },
  {
    dogs: 
    {
      mutts: 2, 
      puppies: 3
    }
  },
  {
    jobs: 
    {
      time: 3, 
      cop: 1
    }
  }
];

When dealing with arrays of objects, however, you may be adding another layer than expected.

For example, to access the value of triangles, you would need to first target index 0:

objects[0[

then target shapes:

objects[0]['shapes']

then finally target triangles property within the shapes object:

objects[0]['shapes']['triangles']

Similarly to access the value of time, you would write:

objects[2]['jobs']['time']