How do you convert a JSON object to a Javascript array?

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I have a JSON string that I would like to convert to a javascript array. How can I do this?

I was under the impression thot JQuery could do this

It's not going to be possible to answer this definitively without seeing the string itself. — Pointy
– Pointy, Commented May 23, 2011 at 15:56
are you saying that it is not possible to parse all properly formatted JSON strings to a Javascript array? (or do you mean that some JSON strings are objects, and not convertable to an array?) — KevinDeus
– KevinDeus, Commented May 23, 2011 at 16:18
A JSON expression can be an object or an array. If it's an object, like { "x": "y" }, how exactly do you want to "convert" that to an array? You can parse it, and then store the object in an array if you want to, I guess, but without more explanation it's hard to know exactly what you're trying to achieve. — Pointy
– Pointy, Commented May 23, 2011 at 16:36

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-23 15:55:31Z

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json2.js is the usual choice for this. It has decent error checking and will use native browser decoding if available.

answered May 23, 2011 at 15:55

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hvgotcodes · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-23 15:55:44Z

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in general you can do JSON.parse(jsonString). Most browsers support this.

with jquery, if you tell $.ajax() that the response type is json, it will do this for you. See the 'dataType' option here http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

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