jquery - Data object with different language options. Javascript implementation -

i have weird case when have manage few small texts depending on page language using javascript. imagine need replace parts of template depending on html lang attribute. created multidimensional data object , decided go following way around it. works fine feel not best practice , maybe avoid using switch:

jsbin version: http://jsbin.com/eveciva/2/

$(function(){  var lang = $('html').attr('lang'),     text;  var obj = {   'en' : {     'title' : 'title english',     'url' : 'en.html'      },   'fr' : {     'title' : 'title french',     'url' : 'fr.html',      }                };  switch(lang){                  case'fr':   text = [obj.fr.title,obj.fr.url];   break;                  default:   text = [obj.en.title,obj.en.url]; }    $('body').prepend('<a href="'+text[1]+'">'+text[0]+'</a>');  }); 

the question is: far have lang attribute value (the language), maybe avoid using switch , duplicate cases, instead implement lang value variable access data object, [obj.lang.title,obj.lang.url]; of course wont work in case.

i appreciate opinion. thank you.

to avoid having switch statement, can set default value this:

var lang = $('html').attr('lang') || 'en'; 

this means en default, overridden if there lang set. can use bracket notation access object this:

$('body').prepend('<a href="' + obj[lang].url + '">' + obj[lang].title + '</a>');