Object.keys not working in internet Explorer

Question

I have a program to return a list of keys from dictionary. The Code works correctly in Chrome, Opera and Firefox but not Internet Explorer. I have added alert comments to cl

Answer 1

Object.keys is not avaiable in IE < 9. As a simple workaround you could use:

if (!Object.keys) {
  Object.keys = function(obj) {
    var keys = [];

    for (var i in obj) {
      if (obj.hasOwnProperty(i)) {
        keys.push(i);
      }
    }

    return keys;
  };
}

Here is a more comprehensive polyfill:

// From https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/keys
if (!Object.keys) {
  Object.keys = (function () {
    'use strict';
    var hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
        hasDontEnumBug = !({toString: null}).propertyIsEnumerable('toString'),
        dontEnums = [
          'toString',
          'toLocaleString',
          'valueOf',
          'hasOwnProperty',
          'isPrototypeOf',
          'propertyIsEnumerable',
          'constructor'
        ],
        dontEnumsLength = dontEnums.length;

    return function (obj) {
      if (typeof obj !== 'object' && (typeof obj !== 'function' || obj === null)) {
        throw new TypeError('Object.keys called on non-object');
      }

      var result = [], prop, i;

      for (prop in obj) {
        if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, prop)) {
          result.push(prop);
        }
      }

      if (hasDontEnumBug) {
        for (i = 0; i < dontEnumsLength; i++) {
          if (hasOwnProperty.call(obj, dontEnums[i])) {
            result.push(dontEnums[i]);
          }
        }
      }
      return result;
    };
  }());
}

Answer 2

Alternatively if you have access to lodash you can use keys. e.g.

_.keys(yourObj);