Question about object properties

JavaScript
1

Tell us what’s happening:

Im used to setting object properties without the quotes. Is there a benefit to using quotes around the property like “artist” in this example? Why can’t I just put artist: “Billy Joel”,


var myMusic = [
{
  "artist": "Billy Joel",
  "title": "Piano Man",
  "release_year": 1973,
  "formats": [
    "CD",
    "8T",
    "LP"
  ],
  "gold": true
}
// Add record here
];

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Challenge: Manipulating Complex Objects

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2

It’s ok to omit quotes for the keys, you only obligated to use them if there is a space in the key name, like so:

const music = {
   'release year': '2019',
};
3

Thank you so much for the quick response. That clears it up for me!