convert string to object in javascript code example

Example 1: turn object into string javascript

var obj = {a: "a", b: "b" /*...*/};
var string = JSON.stringify(obj);
// OUTPUT:
// "{'a':'a', 'b':'b'}"

Example 2: convert string to object javascript

var mystr = '{ "hello":"world" }' // NB: Has enclosing ""
var myobj = JSON.parse(mystr);

Example 3: js string to object

JSON.parse()

Example 4: convert string to object javascript

str = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1"; // NB: No enclosing ""
obj = eval('({' + str + '})');