JSON array pushing - arrays

Question

I have this example array for an entry to be inserted to a YUI datatable
var book = {
"id" : "po-0167",
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24),
"quantity" : 1,
"amount" : 4,
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
};
will i be able to get the same array by doing this?
var book = [];
var booktemp = {
"id" : "po-0167"
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24)
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"quantity" : 1
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"amount" : 4
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
};
book.push(booktemp);
what i am trying here is to write a generic method that will iterate through a list of results and able to form an entry in the future.
var resultsArray = [];
for( int i = 0; i < array.features.length; i ++)
{
var resultsFeatureArray = [];
for( att in array.features[i].attributes)
{
var temp = {
att : array.features[i].attributes[att]
}
resultsFeatureArray.push(temp);
}
resultsArray.push(resultsFeatureArray);
}
so how could i make the array the same as the first segment of the book code?
added my whole sample code, the commented book array seems to work but the uncommented part seems to not be able to show the rows
<script type="text/javascript">
YAHOO.util.Event.addListener(window, "load", function() {
YAHOO.example.Data = {
bookorders: [
]
}
var bookorders = [];
/*
var book = {
"id" : "po-0167",
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24),
"quantity" : 1,
"amount" : 4,
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
};
*/
var book = [];
var booktemp = {
"id" : "po-0167"
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24)
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"quantity" : 1
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"amount" : 4
};
book.push(booktemp);
booktemp = {
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
};
book.push(booktemp);
bookorders.push(book);
YAHOO.example.Basic = function() {
var myColumnDefs = [
{key:"id", sortable:true, resizeable:true},
{key:"date", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatDate, sortable:true, sortOptions:{defaultDir:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.CLASS_DESC},resizeable:true},
{key:"quantity", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatNumber, sortable:true, resizeable:true},
{key:"amount", formatter:YAHOO.widget.DataTable.formatCurrency, sortable:true, resizeable:true},
{key:"title", sortable:true, resizeable:true}
];
var myDataSource = new YAHOO.util.DataSource(bookorders);
myDataSource.responseType = YAHOO.util.DataSource.TYPE_JSARRAY;
myDataSource.responseSchema = {
fields: ["id","date","quantity","amount","title"]
};
var myDataTable = new YAHOO.widget.DataTable("basic",
myColumnDefs, myDataSource);
return {
oDS: myDataSource,
oDT: myDataTable
};
}();
});

Answer 1

I tried and found the solution to it, since the att and values will be object after i push it
var temp = new Object();
temp["id"] = "po-0167";
temp["date"] = new Date(1980, 2, 24);
temp["quantity"] = 1;
temp["amount"] = 4;
temp["title"] = "A Book About Nothing";
bookorders.push(temp);
this will make it display in the datatable, the generic part will just be iterated through using the temp[att] = attributes[att];

Answer 2

var book = {
"id" : "po-0167",
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24),
"quantity" : 1,
"amount" : 4,
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
};
it's not array.
Array is
var books =[{
"id" : "po-0167",
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24),
"quantity" : 1,
"amount" : 4,
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
}]
and after manipulation in your example you will get next array
var book2 =[{
"id" : "po-0167"
},{
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24)
},{
"quantity" : 1
},{
"amount" : 4
},{
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
}]
it's not the same.
You must do next:
var book = new Array();
var booktemp = {
"id" : "po-0167",
"date" : new Date(1980, 2, 24),
"quantity" : 1,
"amount" : 4,
"title" : "A Book About Nothing"
};
book.push(booktemp);
PS.
var arr = [] and var arr = new Array() are the same
Not all browsers works well with var arr = []