Creating an object literal

Introduction

Just like other variables in JavaScript, an object also has to be defined and initialized to be created. There are various ways to create an object.

An object literal can be created:

• using the figure brackets {...} in the declaration.

• using the new keyword.

• based on an existing object by using the create() method.

All of these approaches do exactly the same thing.

Syntax

Figure Brackets

We discussed earlier that an object contains data values and functions known as its properties. Let’s take a look at the syntax for creating an object literal using {..}: