Mapping multiple keys to the same value in a Javascript hash

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Published on 2010-03-24T21:20:31Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 21:23 UTC
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I use a Javascript hash object to store a set of numerical counters, set up like this [this is greatly simplified]:

var myHash = {
    A: 0,
    B: 0,
    C: 0
};

Is there a way to make other keys, ones not explicitly in myHash, map to keys that are? For instance, I'd like [again, this is simplified]:

myHash['A_prime']++; // or myHash.A_prime++;

to be exactly equivalent to

myHash['A']++; // or myHash.A++;

e.g. incrementing the value found at the key A, not A_prime.

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