JavaScript: Create a variable using a user-defined name

Last update on May 30 2022 09:59:22 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

JavaScript Basic: Exercise-13 with Solution

Write a JavaScript exercise to create a variable using a user-defined name.

Sample Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>Create a variable using a user-defined name</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

var var_name = 'abcd';
var n = 120;
this[var_name] = n;
console.log(this[var_name])

Sample Output:

ES6 Version:

const var_name = 'abcd';
const n = 120;
this[var_name] = n;
console.log(this[var_name])

Live Demo:

See the Pen javascript-object-exercise-13 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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JavaScript: Tips of the Day

How to insert an item into an array at a specific index (JavaScript)?

What you want is the splice function on the native array object.

arr.splice(index, 0, item); will insert item into arr at the specified index (deleting 0 items first, that is, it's just an insert). In this example we will create an array and add an element to it into index 2:

var arr = [];
arr[0] = "Jani";
arr[1] = "Hege";
arr[2] = "Stale";
arr[3] = "Kai Jim";
arr[4] = "Borge";

console.log(arr.join());
arr.splice(2, 0, "Lene");
console.log(arr.join());

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