JavaScript Object Reference
JavaScript Objects
Objects are one of JavaScript's data types.
Objects are used to store key/value (name/value) collections.
A JavaScript object is a collection of named values.
The following example creates a JavaScript object with four key/value properties:
Example
const person = {
firstName: "John",
lastName: "Doe",
age: 50,
eyeColor: "blue"
};
Try it Yourself »
For a tutorial about objects, read our JavaScript Object Tutorial.
JavaScript Object Methods and Properties
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| assign() | Copies properties from a source object to a target object |
| constructor | Returns the function that created an object's prototype |
| create() | Returns a new object created from an existing objects prototype |
| defineProperties() | Adds or changes properties |
| defineProperty() | Adds or changes a property |
| entries() | Returns an array of the key/value pairs of an object |
| freeze() | Prevents any changes to an object |
| fromEntries() | Returns an object created from an iterable list of key/value pairs |
| getOwnPropertyNames() | Returns an array of the keys of an object |
| isFrozen() | Returns true if an object is frozen |
| isSealed() | Returns true if an object is sealed |
| keys() | Returns an array of the keys of an object |
| prototype | Let you to add properties and methods to JavaScript objects |
| seal() | Prevents any changes of object properties |
| toString() | Converts an object to a string and returns the result |
| valueOf() | Returns the primitive value of an object |
| values() | Returns an array of the property values of an object |
