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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Parsing JSON

Anton Bredl
Anton Bredl
15,359 Points
Posted by Anton Bredl
Anton Bredl
15,359 Points

parsing json help

I am very stuck here

app.js 
var jsonString = '{"name": "Andrew", "languages": ["javascript", "swift", "java", "ruby", "html", "css", "qbasic"]}';

1 Answer

Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points
Damien Watson
Damien Watson
27,419 Points

Hi Anton,

You need to create a 'jsonObject and the call the 'parse' method of JSON. This will parse the jsonString.

var jsonString = '{"name": "Andrew", "languages": ["javascript", "swift", "java", "ruby", "html", "css", "qbasic"]}';
var jsonObject = JSON.parse(jsonString);