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Listing 3.08 - Using dot notation to access property values

var book;

book = {
    title     : "The Hobbit",
    author    : "J. R. R. Tolkien",
    published : 1937
};

console.log(book.title);
console.log(book.author);

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Listing 3.08 - Using dot notation to access property values - Task 1

Log the published property to the console.

var book;

book = {
    title     : "The Hobbit",
    author    : "J. R. R. Tolkien",
    published : 1937
};

console.log(book.title);
console.log(book.author);
console.log(book.published);    // log the published property

Listing 3.08 - Using dot notation to access property values - Task 2

Add a second book.

var book;
var book2;    // declare a second variable

book = {
    title     : "The Hobbit",
    author    : "J. R. R. Tolkien",
    published : 1937
};

// Create a second book object and
// assign it to the book2 variable
book2 = {
    title     : "Northern Lights",
    author    : "Philip Pullman",
    published : 1995
};

console.log(book.title);
console.log(book.author);
console.log(book.published);

Listing 3.08 - Using dot notation to access property values - Task 3

Log the book's details to the console.

var book;
var book2;

book = {
    title     : "The Hobbit",
    author    : "J. R. R. Tolkien",
    published : 1937
};

book2 = {
    title     : "Northern Lights",
    author    : "Philip Pullman",
    published : 1995
};

console.log(book.title);
console.log(book.author);
console.log(book.published);

console.log(book2.title);      // log the book's
console.log(book2.author);     // details to the
console.log(book2.published);  // console