For..In loops in JavaScript – key value pairs

for (var k in target){
    if (target.hasOwnProperty(k)) {
         alert("Key is " + k + ", value is " + target[k]);
    }
}

hasOwnProperty is used to check if your target really has that property, rather than having inherited it from its prototype. A bit simpler would be:

for (var k in target){
    if (typeof target[k] !== 'function') {
         alert("Key is " + k + ", value is" + target[k]);
    }
}

It just checks that k is not a method (as if target is array you’ll get a lot of methods alerted, e.g. indexOf, push, pop,etc.)

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