Getting a list of associative array keys

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Try this:

var keys = [];
for (var key in dictionary) {
  if (dictionary.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
    keys.push(key);
  }
}

hasOwnProperty is needed because it’s possible to insert keys into the prototype object of dictionary. But you typically don’t want those keys included in your list.

For example, if you do this:

Object.prototype.c = 3;
var dictionary = {a: 1, b: 2};

and then do a for...in loop over dictionary, you’ll get a and b, but you’ll also get c.

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