turn string into object javascript code example

Example 1: convert string to object javascript

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

Example 2: js string to object

JSON.parse()

Example 3: json to array javascript

var json_data = {"2013-01-21":1,"2013-01-22":7};
var result = [];

for(var i in json_data)
    result.push([i, json_data [i]]);


var data = new google.visualization.DataTable();
data.addColumn('string', 'Topping');
data.addColumn('number', 'Slices');
data.addRows(result);

Example 4: convert string to object javascript

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