Maintaining array order in Javascript

Question

I am new to JavaScript and I am having trouble working with my array, I want my array ordered how I explicitly write it and not how JavaScript decides it wants it.

If we

Answer 1

You're using an object {}, not an array []. Objects have no explicit order, where Arrays do. That's why you're having your problem. Change your {} to [] and you'll be fine. You could even use an array of objects.

var array = [
    {0: 'zero'}, 
    {4: 'four'}, 
    {2: 'two'}
];

Looping over that like so

for(var i = 0; i < array.length; i++){
  console.log(array[i]);
}

Gives us our normal order.

Object {0: "zero"}
Object {4: "four"}
Object {2: "two"} 

Another Edit: The problem is you're trying to have an array that has properties and values just like an object, without using an object, {property: value} - that can't really be done with an array. To loop over an array like you want, it's as simple as

var arr = [1,2,3]

and

for(var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++){
  console.log(i) //1,2,3
}

but the problem, like mentioned above, is you want more complex arrays which you simply can't do.