Maybe this will help. Has info on javascript hashtables. http://www.crockford.com/javascript/survey.html On Sunday, December 14, 2003, at 12:00 AM, thelist-request at lists.evolt.org wrote: > In Perl I can do this... > > ( 'ac' -> 'Ascension Island', > 'ad' -> 'Andorra', > 'ae' -> 'United Arab Emirates', > 'af' -> 'Afghanistan' > ) > > Does any one know if JavaScript has a similar "feature"? > I would rather not have to do... > > myArray['ac'] = 'Ascension Island'; > myArray['ad'] = 'Andorra'; > myArray['ae'] = 'United Arab Emirates'; > myArray['af'] = 'Afghanistan'; > > Just me being picky. > > Thanks > > Walter