Convert string to associative array

[Venkatesh]

Hi All,

I have one small doubt regarding associative arrays. Request somebody
to clarify.

Is there a javascript utility function (like split) to convert a
string to associative array? My string is having elements in json
notation - in the form "{'MSRP': 20000, 'cashDown': 2000, 'tradeIn':
1000}"

Thank you,
Venkatesh

 

[RobG]

Hi All,

I have one small doubt regarding associative arrays. Request somebody
to clarify.

Is there a javascript utility function (like split) to convert a
string to associative array? My string is having elements in json
notation - in the form "{'MSRP': 20000, 'cashDown': 2000, 'tradeIn':
1000}"

Javascript doesn't have associative arrays - it has objects with
properties and values, which gives them some features similar to
associative arrays.

What you seem to have is a JSON string, so you can use eval:

var obj = eval("{'MSRP':20000,'cashDown':2000,'tradeIn':1000}");

 

[Douglas Crockford]

Is there a javascript utility function (like split) to convert a

Javascript doesn't have associative arrays - it has objects with
properties and values, which gives them some features similar to
associative arrays.

What you seem to have is a JSON string, so you can use eval:

var obj = eval("{'MSRP':20000,'cashDown':2000,'tradeIn':1000}");

There is a syntactic ambiguity in JavaScript that will cause that to fail.
Failure can be avoided by wrapping the string in parens, so that it will be
interpreted as an expression rather than a block.

var obj = eval('(' +
"{'MSRP': 20000,'cashDown': 2000,'tradeIn': 1000}" + ')');

http://www.JSON.org/