Is it possible to define a dynamically named property using object literal in JavaScript?

Question

Consider the following

var a = {foo: \"bar\"};

Equivalent to

var a = {};
a.foo = \"bar\";

Equivalent to

Answer 1

JSON parse allows you to convert a JSON string into an object:

JSON.parse('{"'+dynamicProperty+'":"bar"}');

This is not exactly an object litteral, but if your objective is to enter your property name as a variable it works.