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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Data Using Objects Review Object Basics

Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,486 Points
Posted by Andrei Li
Andrei Li
34,486 Points

What is a literal? I red that the value of the literal cannot be changed but we change every time by assigning new value

What is a literal then? How do we change it? If we can. What does it mean when we assign variable a new value. Is that changing the value of the literal?

1 Answer

Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points
Andrey Misikhin
Andrey Misikhin
16,529 Points

Object literal is a collection of key, values pairs. You may change this variables inside object or you can change object literal itself by assigning another object.

obj = {
    key_1: 'red',
    key_2: 'blue'
}

obj.key_1 = 'orange';

obj = {
    key_3: 'black',
    key_4: 'white'
}