Hello, In this exercice: [image] freeCodeCamp.org Learn to Code — For Free The solution is: Why instead of : records[id][prop] = value; records.id.prop = value; Doesn’t works ? Thanks in advance.

[image] karlito: records[id] This syntax is saying that you want to access a property of the records variable. Specifically, you want to access the property with the name stored in the id variable.

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MrBondx July 15, 2021, 1:46pm 2

You can’t use dot notation with variables. This has been asked before. Check this out: Record Collection - Dot Notation

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