Parse JSON to javascript object

Question

I have a string like this one:

{
 "products":{"56":"productName","28":"productName"},
 "excludedProducts":{"83":"productName","1":"poductName"}
}

So what I want is to get an object in javascript which looks like this:

{
 products: {
 "56": "productName",
 "28": "productName"
 },
 excludedProducts: {
 "83": "productName",
 "1": "productName"
 }
}

But JSON.parse() converts numbers into indexes and I get

{
 products: {
 28: "productName",
 56: "productName"
 },
 excludedProducts: {
 83: "productName",
 1: "productName"
 }
}

So basically, is there a way to preserve order of elements after parsing the string formatted like that?

• JJJ: No. JavaScript objects are not ordered.
• developerCK: yes just use alphanumeric syntax for key. like k_28 so the order will not change.
• jbabey: Pass the products as arrays instead of objects.

Answer 1

You need to make use of Arrays to preserve the formatting.

• wazelin: Right. My bad. I ended up using JSON formatted like this: {"products":[[25,"productName"],...],"excludedProducts":[[83,"productName"],...]}