JavaScript: How to iterate object with two the same keys (and get two values)

Question

var obj = { key: value1, key: value2}

I would like to iterate it and get pars of (key and value1) and (key and value2)

if I use simple cycle:

for (var i in obj){
 console.log(obj[i])
}

I got: key value2 key value2

so obj[i] always take last key

Answer 1

Keys in JS objects must be unique.

What happens, is:

var obj = {
    key : value1
}

sets obj['key'] to value1.

The subsequent declaration of key : value2 overwrites your previous one.

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Possible solution to your problem:

var obj = {
    key : [value1, value2]
}

for (var i in obj)
{
    if (obj[i] instanceof Array)
    {
        for (var k; k < obj[i].length; k++)
        {
            console.log(obj[i][k])
        }
    }
    else
    {
        console.log(obj[i]);
    }
}

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Another, possibly more elegant, solution would be to modify the way you store your data like so:

var obj = [
    { key : 'SomeKey'     , value : 'foo' },
    { key : 'SomeKey'     , value : 'bar' },
    { key : 'SomeOtherKey', value : 'baz' }
];

This obviously allows for multiple entries with the same key. The querying could be done somewhere along these lines:

values = [];
for (var i = 0; i < obj.length; i++)
{
    if (obj[i].key === 'SomeKey')
    {
        values.push(obj[i].value);
    }
}

console.log(values);