Is there a way to convert a literal object in a string to an object?-CodePudding

If I have this string:

{some_name:{other_name:"text",array:["first","second",3]}}

Is there a way to turn it into a usable object in JavaScript?

JSON.parse() can't do it because it expects the attributes to be surrounded in quotes like this

{"some_name":{"other_name":"text","array":["first","second"]}}

CodePudding user response：

Quick and dirty

eval('foo = {some_name:{other_name:"text",array:["first","second",3]}}');

console.log(foo);

foo will be the usable object.

(but don't do it, eval is evil)

Cleaner way

You can transform it to a valid JSON and parse it.

const bar = '{some_name:{other_name:"text",array:["first","second",3]}}';
const foo = JSON.parse(bar.replace(/([^"])(\w ):/g, '$1"$2":'))

console.log(foo);

CodePudding user response：

I might guess you want a JSON object, you can use JSON.stringify like this:

const someObj = {some_name:{other_name:"text",array:["first","second",3]}};
const jsonResult = JSON.stringify(someObj);

and then you may call JSON.parse(jsonResult)