SO - 15528322

by Arun P Johny

JavaScript

var params = {};
var tmp = new Array('apple', 'banana', 'cat');

for (var i=0; i < tmp.length; i++) {
    params[tmp[i]] = [];
}

console.log(JSON.stringify(params));
/*
SHOWS IN CONSOLE:

- []
+ apple             ["jan", "feb", "mar", "apr"]
+ banana            ["jan", "feb", "mar", "apr"]
+ apple             ["jan", "feb", "mar", "apr"]
*/

alert( print_arr(params) );
/* 
ALERT BOX TEXT:

[apple]:
[banana]:
[cat]:
*/

console.log('===========================================');

var tmp2 = new Array('jan', 'feb', 'mar', 'apr');
for (var i=0; i < tmp.length; i++) {
    for (var j=0; j < tmp2.length; j++) {
        params[tmp[i]].push(tmp2[j]);
    }
}           

console.log(JSON.stringify(params));
/*
SHOWS IN CONSOLE:

- []
+ apple             ["jan", "feb", "mar", "apr"]
+ banana            ["jan", "feb", "mar", "apr"]
+ apple             ["jan", "feb", "mar", "apr"]
*/

alert( print_arr(params) );
/* 
ALERT BOX TEXT:

[apple]:jan,feb,mar,apr
[banana]:jan,feb,mar,apr
[cat]:jan,feb,mar,apr
*/

function print_arr(arr) {
    var str = '';
    for (var k in arr) {
        str += '[' + k + ']:' + arr[k].toString() + "\n";

    }

    return str;
}