json > minus, colon, plus character key problem

[Marc]

I took a sample json string from: http://www.json.org/example.html

{"web-app": {
"servlet": [
{
"servlet-name": "cofaxCDS",
"servlet-class": "org.cofax.cds.CDSServlet",
"init-param": { etc...
And parse that creating a html treeview, if I try and get a value:
alert(json.web-app.servlet[0].servlet-name);
the minus in 'web-app' is giving problems.

The toJSONString and parseJSON functions I'm using found on the same site do
not escape the key's
http://www.json.org/json.js

This must be a no brainer but I've been staring at this problem for so long
I just don't see a solution... :/

[scripts.contact]

On Apr 30, 1:44 am, "Marc" <[e-mail]:

if I try and get a value:
alert(json.web-app.servlet[0].servlet-name);
the minus in 'web-app' is giving problems.

alert(json['web-app'].servlet[0]['servlet-name']);

[Marc]

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On Apr 30, 1:44 am, "Marc" <[e-mail]:

>if I try and get a value:
alert(json.web-app.servlet[0].servlet-name);
the minus in 'web-app' is giving problems.

alert(json['web-app'].servlet[0]['servlet-name']);

Oooohhhh... if was sooo... close! Thx a lot!!