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Shikha thakur
Shikha thakur

Reputation: 1289

JSON.parse with all double quotes

I am facing one issue with below code snippet

My scenario is:

var lit = "{"foo":"test \\"1\\"","bar":"test 2"}";

console.log(lit);

var thaw2 = JSON.parse(lit);
console.log(thaw2);

Due to the double quotes in lit object, I am getting an error "unexpected identifier". I cannot chnage it to single quotes here, is there any solution to convert that string to json object with all double quotes?

Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2092

Answers (3)

Shilpa J
Shilpa J

Reputation: 51

Cause for your issue: When double quotes are used to define a string and used as part of the string, it considers as closing quotes.

To fix this: Option 1: Use single quotes to start and end the string.

var lit = '{"foo":"test \\"1\\"","bar":"test 2"}';

This would not work in case u want to use single quotes inside ur string. In that case use option 2.

Option 2: Escaping. use \' or \" to escape the character

Eg: var lit = '{\'foo\':"test \\"1\\"","bar":"test 2"}'; (Escaping single quote)
var lit = "{\"foo\":\"test \\\"1\\\"\",\"bar\":\"test 2\"}"; (escaping double quote)

Upvotes: 0

Aravinda Meewalaarachchi
Aravinda Meewalaarachchi

Reputation: 2639

Use single quotations instead of double quotations for outer most boundary.

var lit = '{"foo":"test \\"1\\"","bar":"test 2"}';

console.log(lit);

var thaw2 = JSON.parse(lit);
console.log(thaw2);

Upvotes: 1

Joundill
Joundill

Reputation: 7594

Escape the internal double quotes.

var lit = "{\"foo\":\"test \\\"1\\\"\",\"bar\":\"test 2\"}";

console.log(lit);

var thaw2 = JSON.parse(lit);
console.log(thaw2);

Upvotes: 1

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