What is wrong with my JSON string?

Hi,

I need some help here. When I try to eval() my AJAX returned JSON
string, I continually get a javascript error "Expected )".

Here's my JSON string:
{"recs": [{"RepKey": "RepKey", "RepID": "RepID", "Type": "Type"},
{"RepKey": "1", "RepID": "000", "Type": "RTRR"},
{"RepKey": "2", "RepID": "0M2", "Type": "RTRR"},
{"RepKey": "3", "RepID": "1DV", "Type": "RTRR"} ]};

My js function simply tries to eval() it:
var jsonStr = eval('(' + str + ')');

When I write str to a div, I get the above JSON string without js
errors. This is driving me crazy. Any help would be hugely
appreciated.

Thanks,
asleep

On Feb 5, 5:23 pm, "asleepatdesk" <s... (AT) scoleman (DOT) net> wrote:

Hi,

I need some help here. When I try to eval() my AJAX returned JSON
string, I continually get a javascript error "Expected )".

Here's my JSON string:
{"recs": [{"RepKey": "RepKey", "RepID": "RepID", "Type": "Type"},
{"RepKey": "1", "RepID": "000", "Type": "RTRR"},
{"RepKey": "2", "RepID": "0M2", "Type": "RTRR"},
{"RepKey": "3", "RepID": "1DV", "Type": "RTRR"} ]};

My js function simply tries to eval() it:
var jsonStr = eval('(' + str + ')');

When I write str to a div, I get the above JSON string without js
errors. This is driving me crazy. Any help would be hugely
appreciated.

Thanks,
asleep

Get rid of the ; at the end.

({asdf:'foo'} is wrong.
({asdf:'foo'}) is ok.

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Isaac Z. Schlueter
http://isaacschlueter.com

On Feb 5, 5:53 pm, "Isaac Schlueter" <isaacschlue... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

On Feb 5, 5:23 pm, "asleepatdesk" <s... (AT) scoleman (DOT) net> wrote:





Hi,

I need some help here. When I try to eval() my AJAX returned JSON
string, I continually get a javascript error "Expected )".

Here's my JSON string:
{"recs": [{"RepKey": "RepKey", "RepID": "RepID", "Type": "Type"},
{"RepKey": "1", "RepID": "000", "Type": "RTRR"},
{"RepKey": "2", "RepID": "0M2", "Type": "RTRR"},
{"RepKey": "3", "RepID": "1DV", "Type": "RTRR"} ]};

My js function simply tries to eval() it:
var jsonStr = eval('(' + str + ')');

When I write str to a div, I get the above JSON string without js
errors. This is driving me crazy. Any help would be hugely
appreciated.

Thanks,
asleep

Get rid of the ; at the end.

({asdf:'foo'} is wrong.
({asdf:'foo'}) is ok.

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Isaac Z. Schlueterhttp://isaacschlueter.com- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks a lot! That worked. I do have one more question. In the
example that I'm using, the value from the JSON object is retrieved
with a specific reference to the object member name: page['players']
[i].lastName. Is it possible to retrieve the value of the object
member without specifically knowing that it was called "lastName"?
The way my app is being developed, the JSON object is created based on
the the recordset returned from sql. Since the sql field names will
always be different, resulting in different JSON object member names,
I want to retrieve whatever is in page['players'][i].

Thanks again.
asleep

All hail the mighty IN.

for( var i in page.players ) {
for( var j in page.players[i]) {
alert('page.players['+i+'].'+j+' = '+page.players[i][j]);
}
}

IN is also a boolean test.

if( 'asdf' in page.players[i] ) {
alert('the '+i+' player has a asdf and it is '+page.players[i].asdf);
}

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Isaac Z. Schlueter
http://isaacschlueter.com