Javascript: Convert string to object

Question

How can i convert this string into object so that i can access it's property like obj.Name ?

{
    Name = Mahbubr Rahman, 
    Gender = Male, 
    Birthday = 1 / 5 / 1992 6: 00: 00 AM, 
    Email = mahbubur.rahman@ rms.com, 
    EmployeeType = Manager
}

I have tried with JSON.parse() and eval but getting nothing. Any help ?

var obj = JSON.parse(
  JSON.stringify('{ Name = Mahbubr Rahman,Gender = Male, Birthday = 1/5/1992 6:00:00 AM, Email = [email protected], EmployeeType = Manager }'.replace(/=/g, ':'))
);

Can you not change the format the strings are stored in to be valid JSON? Then you could just use JSON.parse(). Having to hack around a string in to the right format seems to be fixing the wrong part of the problem. — Rory McCrossan
– Rory McCrossan, Commented Feb 1, 2016 at 11:24

Rajesh Dixit · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-01 11:28:26Z

1

try this one as well

var str = "{ Name = Mahbubr Rahman,Gender = Male, Birthday = 1/5/1992 6:00:00 AM, Email = [email protected], EmployeeType = Manager }"

var obj = JSON.parse(str.split(/\s*=\s*/).join("\":\"").split(/\s*,\s*/).join("\",\"").split(/{\s*/).join("{\"").split(/\s*}/).join("\"}"));

console.log(obj);

edited Feb 1, 2016 at 11:28

Rajesh Dixit

25k5 gold badges52 silver badges86 bronze badges

answered Feb 1, 2016 at 11:26

gurvinder372

68.6k11 gold badges78 silver badges98 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

Comments

Rajesh Dixit · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-01 11:19:20Z

1

You can try something like this:

var str = '{ Name = Mahbubr Rahman,Gender = Male, Birthday = 1/5/1992 6:00:00 AM, Email = [email protected], EmployeeType = Manager }';

str = str.replace(/=/g, '\":\"');
str = str.replace(/,/g, "\", \"");
str = str.replace(/{/g, "{\"");
str = str.replace(/}/g, "\"}");

console.log(str);

var obj = JSON.parse(str);

console.log(obj);

answered Feb 1, 2016 at 11:19

Rajesh Dixit

25k5 gold badges52 silver badges86 bronze badges

Comments

Ibrahim Khan · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-01 11:25:21Z

1

You can do it like following. Wrap all property name and value with double quotes (") and replace = with :.

var st = '{ Name = Mahbubr Rahman, Gender = Male, Birthday = 1/5/1992 6:00:00 AM, Email = [email protected], EmployeeType = Manager }';
st = st.replace(/=/g, '":"');
st = st.replace(/{/g, '{"');
st = st.replace(/}/g, '"}');
st = st.replace(/,/g, '","');

var obj = JSON.parse(st);

console.log(obj);

edited Feb 1, 2016 at 11:25

answered Feb 1, 2016 at 11:15

Ibrahim Khan

20.8k7 gold badges46 silver badges57 bronze badges

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Javascript: Convert string to object

3 Answers 3

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

3 Answers 3

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related