Can a variable be used for the key in local storage setItem?

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January 28th, 2013, 06:18 AM

rePete

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Can a variable be used for the key in local storage setItem?

I am trying to use a variable when storing into local storage because I have a list of values stored in an array, but it does not work.

eg.

Code:

for(var i = 0; i<3; i++){
var myName = nameList[i];
var regName = name[i];
localStorage.setItem(myName, regName);
}

I have tried converting myName into a string by
String(myName) or myName.toString() and even used quotes in the setItem but it does not work!

Is this possible??

January 28th, 2013, 05:19 PM

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Being an "HTML5" feature does not necessarily make it an HTML question. This is a JavaScript question. *Thread Moved*

I recommend you use the DOM tab of the Firebug extension in Firefox to check what is actually stored in localStorage.

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