javascript convert json to object

Question

This code fails

var data = '{ "name": "binchen" }';
data = JSON.stringify(data);
alert(data.name);//throws undifined 

This code works

 var data = { "name": "binchen" }; 
 alert(data.name);

How do I convert data into an object in the first scenario?

• Mörre: Headline? JSON is a string - ALWAYS. If it's not a string it's not JSON. WHy are you trying to stringify a string???

Answer 1

Use JSON.parse to parse the JSON string into a JavaScript object (there's no such thing as a "JSON object", JSON is a string based exchange format) :

data = JSON.parse(data);

• developer747: That worked! I will mark it as soon as it lets me. Thank you !