Access Variable in JS Array

Question

I have the following object

 var object =   ["{
 "a": "foo",
 "b": "bar",
 "c": "baz"
}
"]

I am interested in getting value a, but everything I have tried comes up undefined. I have tried object.a, object[0].a and object[a], I know it's something silly I am simply forgetting. Any help is greatly appreciated.

is there really a string in that array?

Daniel A. White
– Daniel A. White

2017-02-06 02:14:51 +00:00
Commented Feb 6, 2017 at 2:14 — Daniel A. White
– Daniel A. White, Commented Feb 6, 2017 at 2:14
if so use JSON.parse(object[0]).

Daniel A. White
– Daniel A. White

2017-02-06 02:15:00 +00:00
Commented Feb 6, 2017 at 2:15 — Daniel A. White
– Daniel A. White, Commented Feb 6, 2017 at 2:15

rasmeister · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-06 02:18:03Z

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var object =   ['{  "a": "foo",  "b": "bar",  "c": "baz" }'];
console.log(JSON.parse(object[0]).a);

answered Feb 6, 2017 at 2:18

rasmeister

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MaxPower Over a year ago

Thanks! That was exactly it

pryxen · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-06 02:19:34Z

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your array should look like this

var object =   [{
 "a": "foo",
 "b": "bar",
 "c": "baz"
}];

remove the double quotes so that you can access the object inside the array or else you can use the JSON.parse() just like @Daniel did

answered Feb 6, 2017 at 2:19

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