function updateDict(dict, update) { let key, value = update.entries()[0]; dict[key] = value + (key in dict) ? dict[key] : 0; } aboba={"asd":123} upd={"asd":123} upd1={"asd":123} updateDict(aboba,upd1) console.log(aboba) updateDict(aboba,upd1) console.log(aboba)