how do I create an array in jquery?

Question

$(document).ready(function() {   $("a").click(function() {     $("#results").load("jquery-routing.php",         { pageNo: $(this).text(), sortBy: $("#sortBy").val()}      );     return false;   }); });  

How do I create an array in jQuery and use that array instead of { pageNo: $(this).text(), sortBy: $("#sortBy").val()}

Answer 1

Some thoughts:

• jQuery is a JavaScript library, not a language. So, JavaScript arrays look something like this:

  var someNumbers = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]; 

• { pageNo: $(this).text(), sortBy: $("#sortBy").val()} is a map of key to value. If you want an array of the keys or values, you can do something like this:

  var keys = []; var values = [];  var object = { pageNo: $(this).text(), sortBy: $("#sortBy").val()}; $.each(object, function(key, value) {     keys.push(key);     values.push(value); }); 

• objects in JavaScript are incredibly flexible. If you want to create an object {foo: 1}, all of the following work:

  var obj = {foo: 1};  var obj = {}; obj['foo'] = 1;  var obj = {}; obj.foo = 1; 

To wrap up, do you want this?

var data = {}; // either way of changing data will work: data.pageNo = $(this).text(); data['sortBy'] = $("#sortBy").val();  $("#results").load("jquery-routing.php", data);