# Working with objects — Enumerating properties

> There are three native ways to list/traverse object properties for...in loops.

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There are three native ways to list/traverse object properties

for...in loops. This method traverses all of the enumerable string properties of an object as well as its prototype chain. {{jsxref("Object.keys()")}}. This method returns an array with only the enumerable own string property names ("keys") in the object myObj, but not those in the prototype chain. {{jsxref("Object.getOwnPropertyNames()")}}. This method returns an array containing all the own string property names in the object myObj, regardless of if they are enumerable or not.

You can use the bracket notation with for...in to iterate over all the enumerable properties of an object. To illustrate how this works, the following function displays the properties of the object when you pass the object and the object's name as arguments to the function

The term "own property" refers to the properties of the object, but excluding those of the prototype chain. So, the function call showProps(myCar, 'myCar') would print the following

The above is equivalent to

There is no native way to list all inherited properties, including non-enumerable ones. However, this can be achieved with the following function

For more information, see Enumerability and ownership of properties.

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