How To Set A JS object property name from a variable

Question

var jsonVariable = {};
for(var i=1; i < 3; i++) {
  jsonVariable[i + 'name'] = 'name' + i;        
}

You'll have to use [] notation to set keys dynamically.

var jsonVariable = {};
for(i=1; i<3; i++) {        
 var jsonKey  = i+'name';
 jsonVariable[jsonKey] = 'name1';

}

Now in ES6 you can use object literal syntax to create object keys dynamically, just wrap the variable in []

var key  = i + 'name';
data = {
    [key] : 'name1',
}

With ECMAScript 6, you can use variable property names with the object literal syntax, like this:

var keyName = 'myKey';
var obj = {
              [keyName]: 1
          };
obj.myKey;//1

This syntax is available in the following newer browsers:

Edge 12+ (No IE support), FF34+, Chrome 44+, Opera 31+, Safari 7.1+

(https://kangax.github.io/compat-table/es6/)

You can add support to older browsers by using a transpiler such as babel. It is easy to transpile an entire project if you are using a module bundler such as rollup or webpack.

Use a variable as an object key

let key = 'myKey';

let data = {[key] : 'name1'; }

See How to iterete on your object here

This is the way to dynamically set the value

var jsonVariable = {};
for (var i = 1; i < 3; i++) {
    var jsonKey = i + 'name';
    jsonVariable[jsonKey] = 'name' + i;
}