# Iterate through nested objects

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/iterate-through-nested-objects/639274>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 12, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/iterate-through-nested-objects/639274 "2019-01-12T20:56:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![onurcan1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9e8a1a/32.png) [@onurcan1977](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/onurcan1977)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/iterate-through-nested-objects/639274/1 "2019-01-12T20:56:37Z")

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Hi, I have some nested objects and I want to print their properties. Here’s my code:

```
main.x1y1.name = "x1y1";
main.x1y1.piece = "";
main.x1y1._textField = mc.txt_x1y1;
main.x1y1.x = 0;
main.x1y1.y = 0;

main.x2y1.name = "x2y1";
main.x2y1.piece = "";
main.x2y1._textField = mc.txt_x2y1;
main.x2y1.x = 0;
main.x2y1.y = 0;
...

```

How can I trace piece or name properties of objects?

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**Post date:** [January 13, 2019, 12:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/iterate-through-nested-objects/639274/2 "2019-01-13T00:38:38Z")

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you might want to take a look at the new methods that have been introduced in ES6 such as Objet.keys(), which will list the keys in objects, Object.values(), which will list the values, and Object.entries() which will list the key,values in individual arrays: For example, I modified what you had here by making the mc.txt\_x1y1 to just “txt\_x1y1” to give:

```auto
var main = {
	x1y1: {
		name: "x1y1",
		piece: "",
		_textField: "txt_x1y1",
		x: 0,
		y: 0,
	},
	x2y1: {
		name: "x2y1",
		piece: "",
		_textField: "txt_x2y1",
		x: 0,
		y: 0,
	}
}

```

Object.entries(main.x1y1); which produces in the latest version of Chrome the following:

1. (5) [Array(2), Array(2), Array(2), Array(2), Array(2)]

2. 0: (2) [“name”, “x1y1”]

3. 1: (2) [“piece”, “”]

4. 2: (2) ["\_textField", “txt\_x1y1”]

5. 3: (2) [“x”, 0]

6. 4: (2) [“y”, 0]

7. length: 5

8. **proto** : Array(0)