create an associative array in jquery

Question

This is what I have so far and the shoe types are boots, wellingtons, leather, trainers (in that order)

I want to iterate through and assign th

Answer 1

Check this function

function shoe_types() {
    var shoeArray = {}; // note this
    $('[type=number]').each(function(){
       $('span[data-field='+$(this).attr('id')+']').text($(this).val());
       shoeArray[$(this).attr('id')] =  parseInt($(this).val()) ;
    });
    return shoeArray;

}

PS: Assuming $(this).attr('id') has all the shoe types