javascript associative array access by key value
<p>I have an array like this:</p>

<pre><code>employees = [
        {
        "id": 1,
        "shift_id": 1,
        "days": {
            "2012-03-01": 1,
            "2012-03-02": 1,
            "2012-03-03": 1,
            "2012-03-04": 0,
            "2012-03-05": 0,
            "2012-03-06": 0
        }},
    {
        "id": 2,
        "shift_id": 1,
        "days": {
            "2012-03-01": 0,
            "2012-03-02": 1,
            "2012-03-03": 1,
            "2012-03-04": 1,
            "2012-03-05": 1,
            "2012-03-06": 0
        }},
    {
        "id": 3,
        "shift_id": 2,
        "days": {
            "2012-03-01": 0,
            "2012-03-02": 0,
            "2012-03-03": 1,
            "2012-03-04": 1,
            "2012-03-05": 1,
            "2012-03-06": 1
        }}

    ];
</code></pre>

<p>is there a way to access an element in this array using the id value?
maybe something in jquery?
like <code>$(employees('id = 1');</code></p>
