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I have a Ruby variable:

@json = [{"lat":37.8690058,"lng":-122.2555342},{"lat":37.8739362,"lng":-122.2653001},{"lat":37.8701101,"lng":-122.2578559}]

When I try:

<script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
 var test = <%= @json %>
 console.log(test);
</script>

Firebug tells me:

invalid property id
var test = [{&quot;lat&quot;:37.869005...707408,&quot;lng&quot;:-122.2545767}]

How can I set the variable successfully?

the Tin Man
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asked Dec 2, 2012 at 20:56
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  • As you can see, Rails escapes output unless you tell it not to. Try <%= raw @json => Commented Dec 2, 2012 at 21:08

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Seems like your JSON quotes are being replaced with HTML entities. Try using .html_safe

var test = <%= @json.html_safe %>

If that doesn't solve it have a look in this other post as I'm no ruby expert,

Don't escape html in ruby on rails

answered Dec 2, 2012 at 20:58
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Huh? Well, that's why I put <%= ... %> to make it recognizable to JS. Or do you mean something else?
@JonathanChen: is @json a string or a hash?
@tokland: I believe it is a hash.
@JonathanChen: you believe? is your code! :-) anyway, {"key": value} is not a Ruby Hash. :key => value} or key: value}` are. Check my answer, if @json a Ruby hash, you need to_json.
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Assuming @json is a Ruby object:

<%= javascript_tag do %>
 var test = <%= @json.to_json.html_safe %>;
<% end %>
answered Dec 2, 2012 at 21:26

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Yes, .to_json is necessary here.

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