How do I get the total Json record count using JQuery?
If you have something like this:
var json = [ {a:b, c:d}, {e:f, g:h, ...}, {..}, ... ]
then, you can do:
alert(json.length)
Try the following:
var count=Object.keys(result).length;
Does not work IE8 and lower.
Why would you want length in this case?
If you do want to check for length, have the server return a JSON array with key-value pairs like this:
[
{key:value},
{key:value}
]
In JSON, [ and ] represents an array (with a length property), { and } represents a object (without a length property). You can iterate through the members of a object, but you will get functions as well, making a length check of the numbers of members useless except for iterating over them.
The OP is trying to count the number of properties in a JSON object. This could be done with an incremented temp variable in the iterator, but he seems to want to know the count before the iteration begins. A simple function that meets the need is provided at the bottom of this page.
Here's a cut and paste of the code, which worked for me:
function countProperties(obj) {
var prop;
var propCount = 0;
for (prop in obj) {
propCount++;
}
return propCount;
}
This should work well for a JSON object. For other objects, which may derive properties from their prototype chain, you would need to add a hasOwnProperty() test.