Convert json string into json object?

Question

I have the following json string:

{"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "}

I want to convert it into a object to access each variable.

I've tried the following:

var obj = $.parseJSON(text);
alert(obj.nick);

Where text is the json string.

This gives and error "Illegal character".

However, if i copy and paste the string itself and insert it into the parseJSON function it works..

Any ideas what could be wrong?

What you have is already an object. No need to parse it. Like @mimipc said, you need quotes to make it a string. — Matthias Tylkowski
– Matthias Tylkowski, Commented Feb 4, 2013 at 8:46

Fatih Donmez · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-04 08:37:43Z

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var object = {"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "};
console.log(object.nick);

answered Feb 4, 2013 at 8:37

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Alosyius Over a year ago

for some reason this does not work, ive used console.log(text) and this is what i get: {"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "} but when i do console.log(text.nick) i get "unidentified"

Fatih Donmez Over a year ago

are u using like this '{"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "}', if so remove quotes.

mimipc · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-04 08:37:54Z

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Have you put quotes around your var value ?

var text = '{"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "}';

answered Feb 4, 2013 at 8:37

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Jai · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-04 08:45:40Z

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try this:

  var text = '{"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "}';
  var obj = $.parseJSON(text);
  alert(obj.nick);

this is simple json:

 {"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "}

to make it string wrap it with single quotes:

'{"nick":"person1", "text":"hello "}'

answered Feb 4, 2013 at 8:45

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