Access Variable in JS Array

Question

I have the following object

 var object = ["{
 "a": "foo",
 "b": "bar",
 "c": "baz"
}
"]

I am interested in getting value a, but everything I have tried comes up undefined. I have tried object.a, object[0].a and object[a], I know it's something silly I am simply forgetting. Any help is greatly appreciated.

• Daniel A. White: is there really a string in that array?
• Daniel A. White: if so use JSON.parse(object[0]).

Answer 1

var object = ['{ "a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz" }'];
console.log(JSON.parse(object[0]).a);

• MaxPower: Thanks! That was exactly it

Answer 2

your array should look like this

var object = [{
 "a": "foo",
 "b": "bar",
 "c": "baz"
}];

remove the double quotes so that you can access the object inside the array or else you can use the JSON.parse() just like @Daniel did