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Organiccat
Organiccat

Reputation: 5651

Convert a string into a JS object that is not formatted correctly

My string is not formatted correctly, using JavaScript, let's say the data is:

{engine{type{condition},age},wheels,model{name},color}

And I want to convert that to a usable (JS) object. I could use regex to parse out pieces, but I'm wondering if there's a non-regex method to do so. If you had to do it in regex, what would be the easiest way of doing it?

Converted object should be something more like:

{
 engine: {
  type: {
   condition: null
  },
  age: null
 },
 wheels: null,
 model: {
  name: null
 },
 color: null
}

I could also work with it from a series of nested arrays.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 63

Answers (1)

Tezra
Tezra

Reputation: 8833

Well, under the assumption that that "char{" should be "char:{" and "char," or"char}" should be "char=null," or "char=null}", this is a pretty simple find and replace. Otherwise, you might have to use a recursive parse function to rip it apart and put it back together again.

var str = "{engine{type{condition},age},wheels,model{name},color}"
str = str.replace(/([A-z])\s*{/g, "$1:{")
str = str.replace(/([A-z])\s*([},])/g, "$1:null$2")
console.log(str);

Upvotes: 1

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