get a property of an object javascript code example

Example 1: javascript dynamically access object property

var person ={"first_name":"Billy","last_name":"Riley"};
var property_name="first_name";
alert(person[property_name]); //Dynamically access object property with bracket notation

Example 2: how to a property from a JavaScript object

delete myObject.regex;
// or,
delete myObject['regex'];
// or,
var prop = "regex";
delete myObject[prop];


/** Demo */
var myObject = {
    "ircEvent": "PRIVMSG",
    "method": "newURI",
    "regex": "^http://.*"
};
delete myObject.regex;

console.log(myObject);