How do I declare and use dynamic variables in JavaScript?

Question

Suppose I need to declare a JavaScript variable based on a counter, how do I do so?

var pageNumber = 1;
var "text"+pageNumber;

The above code does not work.

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5944749/how-do-i-declare-and-use-dynamic-variables-in-javascript

Answer 1

In JavaScript (as i know) there are 2 ways by which you can create dynamic variables:

1. eval Function
2. window object

eval:

var pageNumber = 1;
eval("var text" + pageNumber + "=123;");
alert(text1);

window object:

var pageNumber = 1;
window["text" + pageNumber] = 123;
alert(window["text" + pageNumber]);