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Listing 4.02 - Displaying information from similar objects

var movie1;
var movie2;
var movie3;

movie1 = {
    title: "Inside Out",
    actors: "Amy Poehler, Bill Hader",
    directors: "Pete Doctor, Ronaldo Del Carmen"
};

movie2 = {
    title: "Spectre",
    actors: "Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz",
    directors: "Sam Mendes"
};

movie3 = {
    title: "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens",
    actors: "Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher",
    directors: "J.J.Abrams"
};

console.log("Movie information for " + movie1.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie1.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie1.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

console.log("Movie information for " + movie2.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie2.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie2.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

console.log("Movie information for " + movie3.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie3.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie3.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

Further Adventures

Listing 4.02 - Displaying information from similar objects - Task 1

Add a fourth movie and display its info.

var movie1;
var movie2;
var movie3;
var movie4;    // Declare a fourth variable

movie1 = {
    title: "Inside Out",
    actors: "Amy Poehler, Bill Hader",
    directors: "Pete Doctor, Ronaldo Del Carmen"
};

movie2 = {
    title: "Spectre",
    actors: "Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz",
    directors: "Sam Mendes"
};

movie3 = {
    title: "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens",
    actors: "Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher",
    directors: "J.J.Abrams"
};

// Create a fourth movie object
// Assign it to the fourth variable
movie4 = {
    title: "Tomorrowland",
    actors: "George Clooney, Britt Robertson
    directors: "Brad Bird"
};

console.log("Movie information for " + movie1.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie1.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie1.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

console.log("Movie information for " + movie2.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie2.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie2.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

console.log("Movie information for " + movie3.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie3.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie3.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

// Display the fourth movie
console.log("Movie information for " + movie4.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie4.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie4.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

Listing 4.02 - Displaying information from similar objects - Task 2

Space out the different movies.

var movie1;
var movie2;
var movie3;
var movie4;

movie1 = {
    title: "Inside Out",
    actors: "Amy Poehler, Bill Hader",
    directors: "Pete Doctor, Ronaldo Del Carmen"
};

movie2 = {
    title: "Spectre",
    actors: "Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz",
    directors: "Sam Mendes"
};

movie3 = {
    title: "Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens",
    actors: "Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher",
    directors: "J.J.Abrams"
};

movie4 = {
    title: "Tomorrowland",
    actors: "George Clooney, Britt Robertson
    directors: "Brad Bird"
};

console.log("Movie information for " + movie1.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie1.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie1.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

console.log("");    // Add a blank line

console.log("Movie information for " + movie2.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie2.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie2.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

console.log("");    // Add a blank line

console.log("Movie information for " + movie3.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie3.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie3.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

console.log("");    // Add a blank line

console.log("Movie information for " + movie4.title);
console.log("------------------------------");
console.log("Actors: " + movie4.actors);
console.log("Directors: " + movie4.directors);
console.log("------------------------------");

Listing 4.02 - Displaying information from similar objects - Tasks 3 & 4

Create objects to represent three calendar events.
Display info from the three events on the console.

var event1 = {
    title: "Adventure",
    startDate: "2017-01-01",
    endDate: "2017-12-31"
};

var event2 = {
    title: "Space Walk",
    startDate: "2016-01-15",
    endDate: "2016-01-15"
};

var event3 = {
    title: "Climb Mount Fuji",
    startDate: "2016-03-25",
    endDate: "2016-03-25"
};

console.log("*** " + event1.title + " ***");
console.log("From " + event1.startDate + " to " + event1.endDate);
console.log("");

console.log("*** " + event2.title + " ***");
console.log("From " + event2.startDate + " to " + event2.endDate);
console.log("");

console.log("*** " + event3.title + " ***");
console.log("From " + event3.startDate + " to " + event3.endDate);
console.log("");