Complex Javascript variable example using colons for hashes. Nested hashes, arrays,etc

I use a function

function car(model,make) {
  this.model=model
  this.make=make
}
cars = new Array(
  new car("ford","mustang"),  
  new car("ford","escort")
)

But you are right and I cannot remember the syntax which does resemble the perl one

Thanks Anthony. I was looking for that too yesterday

me = {
  cars: [
    {make: 'ford', model: 'Mustang'},
    {make: 'Ford', model: 'Escort'}
  ],
  computers: [
    {make: 'dell', model: 'dimension'}
  ]
}

document.write("me")
for (o in me)
  for (p in me[o]) document.write('<br>'+ o+':'+me[o][p].make+'/'+me[o][p].model)

Points to Anthony

There is a site that Is pushing for that use of this syntax
(JavaScript Object Notation)
http://json.org
In other languages as well.

I've considered JSON in past but as yet I haven't found a way to use it to populate an object that has both data and function.  It would be nice to have a set of prefined 'classes' (functions with extended prototypes) that can be instanced and populated with JSON or JSON like syntax.  As yet I've not been able to solve that one.  It is a very appealling alternative to XML.

Anthony.

What are you missing?
Seems all is missing is a toString

http://www.crockford.com/JSON/js.html

anthony:
function mult(){
return this.data1*this.data2
}

var thisobject = { data1:1,
                          data2:2,
                          f1:function(){return this.data1+this.data2} ,
                          f2:mult
}

alert(thisobject.f1());
alert(thisobject.f2());
thisobject.data1=3;
alert(thisobject.f1());
alert(thisobject.f2());

Chaps,

I don't want to take up too much of your time or hijack this question for one of my own.  When I get the chance I'll formulate description of what I would've liked to do with JSON as a base then perhaps one of you clever boffins might see a solution and earn some points in the process. :)

Anthony.