I have an object and some of its elements are object too. How can I make my variable just one object?

I mean I have a variable that has elements:

• name
• type

type is an object that has field:

• name

So I one that:

• name
• type.name (not as an object just another variable as like name)

PS: When I inspect my variable with Firebug:

name
    "fsfaf"

password
    "242342425"

name
    "XXX"

type
    Object { name="sds"}

name
    "sfs"

Let's assume that I hold it with a variable myVariable. I want to do something like that:

var newVariable = somefunction(myVariable);

so my newVariable should be like that:

name
    "fsfaf"

password
    "242342425"

name
    "XXX"

type.name
    "sds"

name
    "sfs"

I have an object and some of its elements are object too. How can I make my variable just one object?

I mean I have a variable that has elements:

• name
• type

type is an object that has field:

• name

So I one that:

• name
• type.name (not as an object just another variable as like name)

PS: When I inspect my variable with Firebug:

name
    "fsfaf"

password
    "242342425"

name
    "XXX"

type
    Object { name="sds"}

name
    "sfs"

Let's assume that I hold it with a variable myVariable. I want to do something like that:

var newVariable = somefunction(myVariable);

so my newVariable should be like that:

name
    "fsfaf"

password
    "242342425"

name
    "XXX"

type.name
    "sds"

name
    "sfs"

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• object

Share Improve this question Follow edited Oct 31, 2011 at 12:04 kamaci asked Oct 31, 2011 at 11:46 kamacikamaci 75.4k7373 gold badges245245 silver badges372372 bronze badges 2

• Why do you want to do this? Btw, if you have type.name type is a still an object! – Richard Dalton Commented Oct 31, 2011 at 12:03
• I want a new element instead of type, type.name. type.name is not an object(I tested with Firebug what I want to do, type.name doesn't seem as an object) – kamaci Commented Oct 31, 2011 at 12:07

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I edited my answer too. Here's a way to do what you want:

var myVar = 
{
    name: 'myName', 
    type: { name: 'type.name' }
}

function varToNewVar(myVar)
{
    var newVar = {};

    for(var i in myVar)
    {
        if(typeof myVar[i] === 'object')
        {
            for(var j in myVar[i])
            {
                newVar[i+'.'+j] = myVar[i][j];
            }
        }
        else
            newVar[i] = myVar[i];
    }

    return newVar;
}

var newVar = varToNewVar(myVar);

However, this way you cannot access newVar.type.name, you can access newVar['type.name'], which I guess is OK for what you want to acplish...

P.S. Test extensively before applying to live projects, etc. I imagine a lot of things can go wrong, depending on the objects that you're using. There should be no problem to use it in the situation you want though

var o = {
  "name": "my_name",
  "type.name": "type's name"
}

Seriously though, what? What do you actually want?

function IAmAUselessHack(o) {
  o["type.name"] = o.type.name;
}