Json eval function in javascript

Question

Hi All,

    var jsonCallbackCode1 = eval("employees = { 'accounting' : [ { 'firstName' : 'Jo''hn', 'lastName'  : 'Doe','age': 23 }]}");
 alert(employees.accounting[0].firstName);

I got the following exception Microsoft JScript compilation error: Expected '}'

help me?

Answer 1

I believe

'Jo''hn'

is the problem.

Cheers

Tom

Answer 2

The parser is choking on The 'Jo''hn' because of the single quote. Escape it with \'

Answer 3

Try this

var jsonCallbackCode1 = eval("employees = { 'accounting' : [ { 'firstName' : 'Jo\'\'hn', 'lastName'  : 'Doe','age': 23 }]}");
    alert(employees.accounting[0].firstName);

Answer 4

Try this... you have to use two backslashes to escape fully:

var jsonCallbackCode1 = eval("employees = { 'accounting' : [ { 'firstName' : 'Jo\\'\\'hn', 'lastName'  : 'Doe','age': 23 }]}");
   alert(employees.accounting[0].firstName);

Or of course you could just remove the apostrophes from the firstName altogether.