jQuery json decode

Question

$.getJSON(
    "test.php",
    function(data){
        ... code should be here?
    }
)

data contains this code:

{
    "name": "Mary",
    "surname": "Carey"
}

I want to create these variables:

theName = name from json;
theSurname = surname from json;

What is a true syntax for this task?

Thanks.

See the example in the manual: api.jquery.com/jQuery.getJSON — Pekka
– Pekka, Commented Feb 2, 2011 at 17:17
possible duplicate of How do I access the value of this JavaScript object? — jball
– jball, Commented Feb 2, 2011 at 17:25

karim79 · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 17:17:12Z

3

Dot notation:

theName = data.name;
theSurname = data.surname;

or square-bracket notation:

theName = data['name'];
theSurname = data['surname'];

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 17:17

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Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 17:17:08Z

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You could do:

theName = data.name
theSurname = data.surname

… but it is probably better to keep them nicely wrapped up in data and just use that.

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 17:17

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2-bits · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-02 17:19:27Z

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The "data" should be a Javascript Object. If that is truly the data, you should be able to access it with data['name'] and data['surname'].

'dot' syntax should also work. (i.e. data.name and data.surname)

answered Feb 2, 2011 at 17:19

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