How do I add key / value pairs to a global variable in JQuery?

Question

I've got a program that add's a bunch of Div's to a page. I have a bunch of extra 'data-' attributes added to the divs that I later want to include in a global variable.

I basically want to set something up like this:

$.scoreArray = {
    scores: [],
    labels: []
};
$(".word").each(function (i) {
    $.scoreArray.labels.label = $(this).attr("data-label");
    $.scoreArray.labels.x = $(this).attr("data-x");
}
...

but I keep getting the error TypeError: Cannot set property 'label' of undefined

I've tried putting .label and .x as ["label"] and ["x"] but to no avail. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Edited: I think I see what you want to do. You want the arrays to contain a bunch of objects, one for each word, which contain the attributes you're collecting. So you want something like:

$.scoreArray = {
    scores: [],
    labels: []
};
$(".word").each(function (i) {
    newLabel = {};
    newLabel.label = $(this).attr("data-label");
    newLabel.x = $(this).attr("data-x");
    $.scoreArray.labels.push(newLabel);
}

However, the error you're seeing sounds like the "global" variable you created isn't being found in the scope you're in. Is this your actual code?