getThing
HTML
<button id="o">As Object</button>
<button id="a">As Array</button>
<br />Results:
<div id="results"></div>
JavaScript
function getThing (asObject) {
if (asObject) {
return { a: 1, b: 1};
} else {
return
[ { key: "a", value: 1 }, { key: "a", value: 1 } ];
}
}
$("button").on("click", function() {
var asObject = $(this).attr("id") === "o";
$("#results").append (
$("<span>", {
text: JSON.stringify(getThing(asObject))
})
).append($("<br>"));
});