Assigning properties to array gives length 0 in javascript [duplicate]

Question

We can assign properties to an array, but why the length in this case is 0? See the code attached

var person = []
person.fname = "Mr. Brown"
person.lname = "White"
person.length // gives 0 why?

Answer 1

Array stores elements. If you want to call person.name= "Mr.Brown" You can actually implement it by:

//Initialize the variable
let person = [];

//Specify the object that will be pushed to the Array 'Person'
let objectToPush = {name: 'Mr. Brown'};

//Push the object
person.push(objectToPush);

//Get Length
console.log(person.length); //<--- Will return 1;

//Call the name property inside the object
console.log(person[0].name); //<-- returns 'Mr.Brown'