Answers for "for each item in an object"

for in loop javascript

var person = {"name":"taylor","age":31};
for (property in person) {
	console.log(property,person[property]);
}
//name taylor
//age 31

javascript foreach in object

for (var key in validation_messages) {
    // skip loop if the property is from prototype
    if (!validation_messages.hasOwnProperty(key)) continue;

    var obj = validation_messages[key];
    for (var prop in obj) {
        // skip loop if the property is from prototype
        if (!obj.hasOwnProperty(prop)) continue;

        // your code
        alert(prop + " = " + obj[prop]);
    }
}