Looping through VARS inside of the "exec script" puzzle

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2022-09-30 at 1:36 pm #56260
praeluceo
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Hi everybody,
as I am still quite a newbie to Javascript, sorry if the question is kinda dumb. I am using the “exec script” puzzle.

I am trying to iterate through a large number of variables.
Trying to push the variables into an array doesn’t work (console says that the array remains empty). Accessing the variables individualy though does.
How would I go about it using a for loop?
Thanks a lot!
```
let varsToSet = [];
varsToSet.push(VARS.front_on_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.front_round_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.front_valve_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.back_AC_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.back_foot_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.back_micro_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.back_potential_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.back_SCB_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.back_sd_seen);

// this doesn't work
varsToSet.forEach(setTrue);
function setTrue(item) {
  item = 1;
}

// this on the other hand does work
VARS.front_on_seen = 1;
VARS.front_round_seen = 1;
VARS.front_valve_seen = 1;
VARS.back_AC_seen = 1;
VARS.back_foot_seen = 1;
VARS.back_micro_seen = 1;
VARS.back_potential_seen = 1;
VARS.back_SCB_seen = 1;
VARS.back_sd_seen = 1;
```
2022-09-30 at 3:33 pm #56266
kdv
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you should create a list of keys but not values
this code will create a list of values
```
let varsToSet = [];
varsToSet.push(VARS.front_on_seen);
varsToSet.push(VARS.front_round_seen);
```
and this code will create a list of keys (or names of variables)
```
let varsToSet = [];
varsToSet.push('front_on_seen');
varsToSet.push('front_round_seen');

varsToSet.forEach(setTrue);
function setTrue(item) {
    VARS[item] = true;
}
```
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2022-10-01 at 10:43 pm #56298

praeluceo
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kdv77kd thx a lot, sincerely thank you for all the great help you’re providing around the forum!
I understand now my error, great explanation. I was basically storing the values of my variables inside the array, instead of actually storing the variables themself (which I guess are always stored as references in Javascript when put inside of an array). Still a long way to go learning Javascript, but it’s a lot of fun :)

2022-10-01 at 11:03 pm #56299

kdv
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In this case it’s just an array of string values (no references) and VARS contains keys with names corresponding to those string values.

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If you don’t see the meaning in something it primarily means that you just don’t see it but not the absence of the meaning at all.

2022-10-02 at 8:53 am #56303

praeluceo
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Thanks a lot, got it :)!
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