var a1 = { param1: "value1", param2: "value2", param3:[] }; a1["param3"].push({ "subparam1": "vol1", "subparam2": "vol2" } ); a1["param3"].push({ "subparam1": "vol3", "subparam2": "vol4" } ) alert(a1.param3[1]["subparam1"]);