How to I parse var string = "{email: [email protected]}" into an object?
I've tried var object = JSON.parse(string); which returns an error
Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token e(…)
And var object eval('(' + string + ')'); can't handle '@'.
Credit to @iam-decoder -- Check the comments to the initial question for more information.
Two solutions that successfully returned an object for me.
First -- Saving the value as a string with escape characters as follows:
var string = "{\"email\": \"[email protected]\"}"
var result = JSON.parse(string);
Second -- Simply using JSON.stringify for the object instead of building a string, then parsing:
var string = JSON.stringify(object);
var result = JSON.parse(string);
Your string cannot be converted into a JavaScript Object because you are using an invalid JSON string. Change
var string = "{email: [email protected]}";
to
var string = '{"email": "[email protected]"}';
or
var string = '{"email": "[email protected]"}';
You can use this syntax with JSON
var obj = JSON.parse('{"email":"[email protected]"}');
or this one with Eval
var obj = eval('('+'{email:"[email protected]"}'+')');
JSON.parseisn't working because theemailkey and the corresponding value need to be strings in order to be valid JSON. If you're just learning JSON, or don't quite have a full grasp on the syntax, try running it through JSONLint, it'll point out errors for you.var string = "{'email': '[email protected]'}"?var string = "{\"email\": \"[email protected]\"}"var text = JSON.stringify("{" + key + ": " + value + "}");