How to usehasOwnProperty() in Javascript

The hasOwnProperty() method is used to check if an object has a specific property as its own property.

Example: Here, objectLength is incremented for each property encountered during the iteration. After the loop, the total length is then outputted to the console.

Javascript




// Creating an object
let myObject = {
  key1: 'value1',
  key2: 'value2',
  key3: 'value3'
};
 
// Initializing a counter variable
let objectLength = 0;
 
// Iterating through the object using hasOwnProperty()
for (let key in myObject) {
  if (myObject.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
    objectLength++;
  }
}
 
// Outputting the length of the object
console.log("The length of the object is: " + objectLength);


Output

The length of the object is: 3


How to Find the Length of JavaScript Dictionary ?

In JavaScript, you may often find a dictionary referred to as an object. Therefore, unlike arrays which have a length property, objects (dictionaries) do not have a built-in length property. However, the “length” of a given dictionary in JavaScript may be determined through counting the pairs of key-value it contains.

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Below are the approaches used to find the length of JavaScript dictionary

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Approach 1: Using Object.keys()

JavaScript uses the Object.keys() method to extract an object’s enumerable property names and promptly returns them as an array. This operation involves the object’s own properties, thereby excluding any inherited from its prototype chain. Consequently, one can utilize this resultant array for determining either the length or count of these specific properties....

Aproach 2: Using Object.getOwnPropertyNames()

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Approach 3: Using hasOwnProperty()

The Object.getOwnPropertyNames() method in JavaScript is a standard built-in object which returns all properties that are present in a given object except for those symbol-based non-enumerable properties....

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