I've been trying to convert an associative array string but I can't seem to make it work.
I've tried the code below but it is not working.
var string = "{'custom_text_record': 'Text Here', 'fill_record': '0'}";
var s_obj = JSON.parse(string) ;
alert(s_obj['custom_text_record']);
You need to basically get JSON format from the associative array string,
The JSON format should be "{'custom_text_record': 'TextHere','fill_record':'0'}" before we use JSON parse function
Please try this.
var string = '{"custom_text_record": "Text Here", "fill_record": "0"}';
var jsonStrig = '{';
var items = string.split(',');
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
var current = items[i].split(':');
jsonStrig += '"' + current[0].replace(/{|'|"|}|\s/g, '') + '":"' +
current[1].replace(/{|'|"|}|\s/g, '') + '",';
}
jsonStrig = jsonStrig.substr(0, jsonStrig.length - 1);
jsonStrig += '}';
var s_obj = JSON.parse(jsonStrig);
console.log(s_obj['custom_text_record']);Regex might be used to filter the single quote, double quote, and bracket, spaces which can appear in the associative array string. I think we can convert any type of associative array string like '{ key : value }' style into the correct JSON format and finally get an array in this way. I hope this would be helpful.
MapandWeakMapare other examples, so associative arrays do exist in JavaScript.var s_obj = { custom_text_record: 'Text Here', fill_record: '0' }; alert(s_obj.custom_text_record);