var ourMusic = [This is an array which contains one object inside. The object has various pieces of metadata about an album. It also has a nested
{
"artist": "Daft Punk",
"title": "Homework",
"release_year": 1997,
"formats": [
"CD",
"Cassette",
"LP"
],
"gold": true
}
];
"formats"
array. If you want to add more album records, you can do this by adding records to the top level array.
Objects hold data in a property, which has a key-value format. In the example above, "artist": "Daft Punk"
is a property that has a key of "artist"
and a value of "Daft Punk"
.
JavaScript Object Notation or JSON
is a related data interchange format used to store data.
{Note
"artist": "Daft Punk",
"title": "Homework",
"release_year": 1997,
"formats": [
"CD",
"Cassette",
"LP"
],
"gold": true
}
myMusic
array. Add artist
and title
strings, release_year
number, and a formats
array of strings.
myMusic
should be an array
testString: 'assert(Array.isArray(myMusic), "myMusic
should be an array");'
- text: myMusic
should have at least two elements
testString: 'assert(myMusic.length > 1, "myMusic
should have at least two elements");'
- text: 'myMusic[1]
should be an object'
testString: 'assert(typeof myMusic[1] === "object", "myMusic[1]
should be an object");'
- text: 'myMusic[1]
should have at least 4 properties'
testString: 'assert(Object.keys(myMusic[1]).length > 3, "myMusic[1]
should have at least 4 properties");'
- text: 'myMusic[1]
should contain an artist
property which is a string'
testString: 'assert(myMusic[1].hasOwnProperty("artist") && typeof myMusic[1].artist === "string", "myMusic[1]
should contain an artist
property which is a string");'
- text: 'myMusic[1]
should contain a title
property which is a string'
testString: 'assert(myMusic[1].hasOwnProperty("title") && typeof myMusic[1].title === "string", "myMusic[1]
should contain a title
property which is a string");'
- text: 'myMusic[1]
should contain a release_year
property which is a number'
testString: 'assert(myMusic[1].hasOwnProperty("release_year") && typeof myMusic[1].release_year === "number", "myMusic[1]
should contain a release_year
property which is a number");'
- text: 'myMusic[1]
should contain a formats
property which is an array'
testString: 'assert(myMusic[1].hasOwnProperty("formats") && Array.isArray(myMusic[1].formats), "myMusic[1]
should contain a formats
property which is an array");'
- text: formats
should be an array of strings with at least two elements
testString: 'assert(myMusic[1].formats.every(function(item) { return (typeof item === "string")}) && myMusic[1].formats.length > 1, "formats
should be an array of strings with at least two elements");'
```