simple json help

[eggie5]

eval is not working on this JSON string:

{"top":["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"]}
{"car":["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "]}
{"man":["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]}
data = eval('(' + json + ')');

What's wrong with the json string, is it 'cause it has no root?

[RobG]

On Mar 8, 12:45 pm, "egg...@gmail.c om" <egg...@gmail.c omwrote:

eval is not working on this JSON string:

{"top":["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"]}
{"car":["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "]}
{"man":["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]}

data = eval('(' + json + ')');

What's wrong with the json string, is it 'cause it has no root?

It has syntax errors. An object consists of name:value pairs, you
have effectively just assigned a bunch of values (c.f. an array).

The name:value pairs in an object literal must be a comma separated
list.

The quotes around the property names are not required, you might find
it easier to read without them.

Try:

{
top: ["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"],
car: ["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "],
man: ["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]
}

Note there is no final comma ','.

--
Rob

[Douglas Crockford]

eg****@gmail.co m wrote:

eval is not working on this JSON string:

{"top":["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"]}
{"car":["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "]}
{"man":["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]}
data = eval('(' + json + ')');

What's wrong with the json string, is it 'cause it has no root?

A JSON text has to represent an array or an object. You have three objects. You
can either evaluate then individually, or you can put them in an array.

http://www.JSON.org/

[eggie5]

On Mar 7, 8:18 pm, "RobG" <[e-mail] .auwrote:

On Mar 8, 12:45 pm, "egg...@gmail.c om" <egg...@gmail.c omwrote:

eval is not working on this JSON string:

{"top":["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"]}
{"car":["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "]}
{"man":["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]}

data = eval('(' + json + ')');

What's wrong with the json string, is it 'cause it has no root?

It has syntax errors. An object consists of name:value pairs, you
have effectively just assigned a bunch of values (c.f. an array).

The name:value pairs in an object literal must be a comma separated
list.

The quotes around the property names are not required, you might find
it easier to read without them.

Try:

{
top: ["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"],
car: ["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "],
man: ["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]
}

Note there is no final comma ','.

--
Rob

OK, that works! Question: what's the significance of not putting
quotes around "top, car and man" like in your example? Regarding the
final comma, I've ran into that issue before, it crashes in IE right?
I've spent like a day on that once....

[eggie5]

On Mar 8, 5:47 am, Douglas Crockford <nos...@sbcglob al.netwrote:

[e-mail] m wrote:

eval is not working on this JSON string:

{"top":["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"]}
{"car":["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "]}
{"man":["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]}

data = eval('(' + json + ')');

What's wrong with the json string, is it 'cause it has no root?

A JSON text has to represent an array or an object. You have three objects. You
can either evaluate then individually, or you can put them in an array.

http://www.JSON.org/

Hey, you're the JSON guy! Thanks for JSON.

[eggie5]

On Mar 8, 5:47 am, Douglas Crockford <nos...@sbcglob al.netwrote:

[e-mail] m wrote:

eval is not working on this JSON string:

{"top":["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"]}
{"car":["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "]}
{"man":["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]}

data = eval('(' + json + ')');

What's wrong with the json string, is it 'cause it has no root?

A JSON text has to represent an array or an object. You have three objects. You
can either evaluate then individually, or you can put them in an array.

http://www.JSON.org/

Also, did you know the JSON.js library you provide with your site has
incompatibiliti es with the prototype.js library?

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Une_B=E9vue?=]

RobG <rg***@iinet.ne t.auwrote:

Note there is no final comma ','.

it seems that's browser dependant, Firefox ignores the final comma,
Safari find an error with it.
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Une Bévue

[RobG]

On Mar 9, 2:47 am, unbewusst.s...@ google.com.inva lid (Une Bévue)
wrote:

RobG <[e-mail] .auwrote:

Note there is no final comma ','.

it seems that's browser dependant, Firefox ignores the final comma,
Safari find an error with it.

Regardless, it is a syntax error in an Object literal and not
tolerated by IE or Opera either.

Trailing commas are not a syntax error in an Array literal, however
they are incorrectly handled in some browsers and therefore not
advised.
--
Rob

[Douglas Crockford]

eg****@gmail.co m wrote:

On Mar 8, 5:47 am, Douglas Crockford <nos...@sbcglob al.netwrote:

>egg...@gmail.c om wrote:

>>eval is not working on this JSON string:
{"top":["Br","We","Tr", "MTL","Fu","Mos ","Fo"]}
{"car":["Ve","Cin","Spr ","Al","Ne","AT "]}
{"man":["No","Mo","LG", "Ky","Sam","Pan ","Au"]}
data = eval('(' + json + ')');
What's wrong with the json string, is it 'cause it has no root?

A JSON text has to represent an array or an object. You have three objects. You
can either evaluate then individually, or you can put them in an array.

http://www.JSON.org/

Also, did you know the JSON.js library you provide with your site has
incompatibiliti es with the prototype.js library?

Send a bug report to Prototype.

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Une_B=E9vue?=]

RobG <rg***@iinet.ne t.auwrote:

>
Regardless, it is a syntax error in an Object literal and not
tolerated by IE or Opera either.

Trailing commas are not a syntax error in an Array literal, however
they are incorrectly handled in some browsers and therefore not
advised.

fine thanks for this point i didn't notice the difference between object
and array for that point.
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Une Bévue