I have tag like this, how the best way to get every key and value of those attribute and populate it within an array (number of attribute will be increasing)?
myData = '[data attr1="value1" attr2="value2" attr3="value3"]';
and get result array :
var arr = new Array();
arr['attr1'] = "value1";
arr['attr2'] = "value2";
arr['attr3'] = "value3";
and so on...
This probably does what you want, though it assumes that tag is already in the format you have described, i.e. a singular occurrence of [data ... ].
Also, the regular expression is purely based on what I've seen in your question; not sure whether it will break on other strings.
function decode(tag)
{
var r = /(\w+)="([^"]*)"/g,
h = {};
while ((m = r.exec(tag)) !== null) {
h[m[1]] = m[2];
}
return h;
}
Since you have string key in the data, use jquery object instead of array.
var arr = {};
var str = '[data attr1="value1" attr2="value2" attr3="value3"]';
var n = str.split('[data ');
var str_arr = n[1].replace(']','').split(" ");
jQuery.each(str_arr,function(val){
var x = str_arr[val].split('=');
arr[x[0]] = x[1].replace('"','').slice(0,-1);
});
console.log(arr);
Try this code. It may help you.
Here is the DEMO
Though it can be more optimized if you put some more details about your code.
var tagRe = /\[(\w+)((?:\s+\w+="[^"]{0,50}")*)\s*]/g;
var attrRe = /\b(\w+)="([^"]*)"/g;
function parse(text) {
var result = [];
tagRe.lastIndex = 0; // reset start position
var tagMatch = tagRe.exec(text);
while (tagMatch) {
var currentTag = { 'name': tagMatch[1], 'attrs': {} };
var attrString = tagMatch[2];
attrRe.lastIndex = 0;
var attrMatch = attrRe.exec(attrString);
while (attrMatch) {
var attrName = attrMatch[1];
var attrValue = attrMatch[2];
currentTag.attrs[attrName] = attrValue;
attrMatch = attrRe.exec(attrString); // next match
}
result.push(currentTag);
tagMatch = tagRe.exec(text);
}
return result;
}
parse('[data attr1="value1" attr2="value2" attr3="value3"]');
> [{name:'data',attrs:{attr1:'value1',attr2:'value2',attr3:'value3'}}]
This works for any number of tags in the string. The name of the tag does not matter.
I am trying to have a javascript object tree behave like a php associative array in the following way.
var key1 = 'a';
var key2 = 'b';
var key3 = 'c';
var obj[key1][key2][key3] = 'd';
However, in javascript I believe you need to define each property/object pair individually, forming deeper leaves. Something like:
var obj[key1] = {};
var obj[key1][key2] = {};
...
Is there a way to simplify or shorten this script?
Thanks
I don't know if there's a "natural" way to do it, but you could do it like this:
function phpLike(){};
phpLike.prototype.set = function ()
{
var l = arguments.length;
if (l<2) return;
var o = this;
for (var i=0; i<l-2; i++)
{
if (o[arguments[i]] === undefined) o[arguments[i]] = {};
o = o[arguments[i]];
}
o[arguments[l-2]] = arguments[l-1];
}
// Test
var key1 = 'a';
var key2 = 'b';
var key3 = 'c';
var obj = new phpLike();
obj.set(key1, key2, key3, 'd');
alert(obj[key1][key2][key3]);
function setPropertyByKeyPath(obj, path, val) {
var key;
while (path.length > 1) {
key = path.shift();
obj[key] = typeof obj[key] === "object" ? obj[key] : {};
obj = obj[key];
}
obj[path.shift()] = val;
}
var o = {};
setPropertyByKeyPath(o, ['foo', 'bar'], 5);
alert(o.foo.bar)
Not directly, as far as I know, but how about using a little helper function?
function kv1(k, v) {
var o = { };
o[k] = v;
return o;
}
var obj = kv1(key1, kv1(key2, kv1(key3, 'd')));
I just thought of an answer inspired by Will's post: Construct a json string and then eval().
var obj = eval("{" + key1 + ": {... }};");
This kind of fulfils my search for a more concise way of declaring an object tree and deep leaf. But, it is ugly, confusing and I would avoid it like the plague.
var obj = { key1: { key2: { key3: 'd' } } }
This syntax is the basis of the format known as JSON: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON
I have a string as
string = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1";
now I need one object obj such that
obj = {firstName:name1, lastName:last1}
How can I do this in JS?
Actually, the best solution is using JSON:
Documentation
JSON.parse(text[, reviver]);
Examples:
1)
var myobj = JSON.parse('{ "hello":"world" }');
alert(myobj.hello); // 'world'
2)
var myobj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify({
hello: "world"
});
alert(myobj.hello); // 'world'
3)
Passing a function to JSON
var obj = {
hello: "World",
sayHello: (function() {
console.log("I say Hello!");
}).toString()
};
var myobj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(obj));
myobj.sayHello = new Function("return ("+myobj.sayHello+")")();
myobj.sayHello();
Your string looks like a JSON string without the curly braces.
This should work then:
obj = eval('({' + str + '})');
WARNING: this introduces significant security holes such as XSS with untrusted data (data that is entered by the users of your application.)
If I'm understanding correctly:
var properties = string.split(', ');
var obj = {};
properties.forEach(function(property) {
var tup = property.split(':');
obj[tup[0]] = tup[1];
});
I'm assuming that the property name is to the left of the colon and the string value that it takes on is to the right.
Note that Array.forEach is JavaScript 1.6 -- you may want to use a toolkit for maximum compatibility.
This simple way...
var string = "{firstName:'name1', lastName:'last1'}";
eval('var obj='+string);
alert(obj.firstName);
output
name1
Since JSON.parse() method requires the Object keys to be enclosed within quotes for it to work correctly, we would first have to convert the string into a JSON formatted string before calling JSON.parse() method.
var obj = '{ firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe" }';
var jsonStr = obj.replace(/(\w+:)|(\w+ :)/g, function(matchedStr) {
return '"' + matchedStr.substring(0, matchedStr.length - 1) + '":';
});
obj = JSON.parse(jsonStr); //converts to a regular object
console.log(obj.firstName); // expected output: John
console.log(obj.lastName); // expected output: Doe
This would work even if the string has a complex object (like the following) and it would still convert correctly. Just make sure that the string itself is enclosed within single quotes.
var strObj = '{ name:"John Doe", age:33, favorites:{ sports:["hoops", "baseball"], movies:["star wars", "taxi driver"] }}';
var jsonStr = strObj.replace(/(\w+:)|(\w+ :)/g, function(s) {
return '"' + s.substring(0, s.length-1) + '":';
});
var obj = JSON.parse(jsonStr);
console.log(obj.favorites.movies[0]); // expected output: star wars
If you have a string like foo: 1, bar: 2 you can convert it to a valid obj with:
str
.split(',')
.map(x => x.split(':').map(y => y.trim()))
.reduce((a, x) => {
a[x[0]] = x[1];
return a;
}, {});
Thanks to niggler in #javascript for that.
Update with explanations:
const obj = 'foo: 1, bar: 2'
.split(',') // split into ['foo: 1', 'bar: 2']
.map(keyVal => { // go over each keyVal value in that array
return keyVal
.split(':') // split into ['foo', '1'] and on the next loop ['bar', '2']
.map(_ => _.trim()) // loop over each value in each array and make sure it doesn't have trailing whitespace, the _ is irrelavent because i'm too lazy to think of a good var name for this
})
.reduce((accumulator, currentValue) => { // reduce() takes a func and a beginning object, we're making a fresh object
accumulator[currentValue[0]] = currentValue[1]
// accumulator starts at the beginning obj, in our case {}, and "accumulates" values to it
// since reduce() works like map() in the sense it iterates over an array, and it can be chained upon things like map(),
// first time through it would say "okay accumulator, accumulate currentValue[0] (which is 'foo') = currentValue[1] (which is '1')
// so first time reduce runs, it starts with empty object {} and assigns {foo: '1'} to it
// second time through, it "accumulates" {bar: '2'} to it. so now we have {foo: '1', bar: '2'}
return accumulator
}, {}) // when there are no more things in the array to iterate over, it returns the accumulated stuff
console.log(obj)
Confusing MDN docs:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/map
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/Reduce
Demo: http://jsbin.com/hiduhijevu/edit?js,console
Function:
const str2obj = str => {
return str
.split(',')
.map(keyVal => {
return keyVal
.split(':')
.map(_ => _.trim())
})
.reduce((accumulator, currentValue) => {
accumulator[currentValue[0]] = currentValue[1]
return accumulator
}, {})
}
console.log(str2obj('foo: 1, bar: 2')) // see? works!
You need use JSON.parse() for convert String into a Object:
var obj = JSON.parse('{ "firstName":"name1", "lastName": "last1" }');
if you're using JQuery:
var obj = jQuery.parseJSON('{"path":"/img/filename.jpg"}');
console.log(obj.path); // will print /img/filename.jpg
REMEMBER: eval is evil! :D
I implemented a solution in a few lines of code which works quite reliably.
Having an HTML element like this where I want to pass custom options:
<div class="my-element"
data-options="background-color: #dadada; custom-key: custom-value;">
</div>
a function parses the custom options and return an object to use that somewhere:
function readCustomOptions($elem){
var i, len, option, options, optionsObject = {};
options = $elem.data('options');
options = (options || '').replace(/\s/g,'').split(';');
for (i = 0, len = options.length - 1; i < len; i++){
option = options[i].split(':');
optionsObject[option[0]] = option[1];
}
return optionsObject;
}
console.log(readCustomOptions($('.my-element')));
In your case, The short and beautiful code
Object.fromEntries(str.split(',').map(i => i.split(':')));
I'm using JSON5, and it's works pretty well.
The good part is it contains no eval and no new Function, very safe to use.
string = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1";
This will work:
var fields = string.split(', '),
fieldObject = {};
if( typeof fields === 'object') ){
fields.each(function(field) {
var c = property.split(':');
fieldObject[c[0]] = c[1];
});
}
However it's not efficient. What happens when you have something like this:
string = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1, profileUrl:http://localhost/site/profile/1";
split() will split 'http'. So i suggest you use a special delimiter like pipe
string = "firstName|name1, lastName|last1";
var fields = string.split(', '),
fieldObject = {};
if( typeof fields === 'object') ){
fields.each(function(field) {
var c = property.split('|');
fieldObject[c[0]] = c[1];
});
}
const text = '{"name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}';
const myArr = JSON.parse(text);
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = myArr.name;
This is universal code , no matter how your input is long but in same schema if there is : separator :)
var string = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1";
var pass = string.replace(',',':');
var arr = pass.split(':');
var empty = {};
arr.forEach(function(el,i){
var b = i + 1, c = b/2, e = c.toString();
if(e.indexOf('.') != -1 ) {
empty[el] = arr[i+1];
}
});
console.log(empty)
Here is my approach to handle some edge cases like having whitespaces and other primitive types as values
const str = " c:234 , d:sdfg ,e: true, f:null, g: undefined, h:name ";
const strToObj = str
.trim()
.split(",")
.reduce((acc, item) => {
const [key, val = ""] = item.trim().split(":");
let newVal = val.trim();
if (newVal == "null") {
newVal = null;
} else if (newVal == "undefined") {
newVal = void 0;
} else if (!Number.isNaN(Number(newVal))) {
newVal = Number(newVal);
}else if (newVal == "true" || newVal == "false") {
newVal = Boolean(newVal);
}
return { ...acc, [key.trim()]: newVal };
}, {});
In your case
var KeyVal = string.split(", ");
var obj = {};
var i;
for (i in KeyVal) {
KeyVal[i] = KeyVal[i].split(":");
obj[eval(KeyVal[i][0])] = eval(KeyVal[i][1]);
}
var stringExample = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1 | firstName:name2, lastName:last2";
var initial_arr_objects = stringExample.split("|");
var objects =[];
initial_arr_objects.map((e) => {
var string = e;
var fields = string.split(','),fieldObject = {};
if( typeof fields === 'object') {
fields.forEach(function(field) {
var c = field.split(':');
fieldObject[c[0]] = c[1]; //use parseInt if integer wanted
});
}
console.log(fieldObject)
objects.push(fieldObject);
});
"objects" array will have all the objects
I know this is an old post but didn't see the correct answer for the question.
var jsonStrig = '{';
var items = string.split(',');
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
var current = items[i].split(':');
jsonStrig += '"' + current[0] + '":"' + current[1] + '",';
}
jsonStrig = jsonStrig.substr(0, jsonStrig.length - 1);
jsonStrig += '}';
var obj = JSON.parse(jsonStrig);
console.log(obj.firstName, obj.lastName);
Now you can use obj.firstName and obj.lastName to get the values as you could do normally with an object.
You don't have to always convert to JSON
So here "person begin as a string!" Finally, "person is converted to object", no necessarily to JSON.
function strToObj(e){if(typeof e=="string"){ let obj=new Function("return" +e); try{return obj()}catch{console.log("Fix, String no allowed to object")}}else{console.log("it is not a string") } };
//Example, person is a string
let person='{firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe", id: 55, fullName:function(){return this.firstName+" "+this.lastName} }';
console.log(strToObj(person));
And it run functions internal to the object without major issues if it is called:
person=strToObj(person); console.log(person.fullName())
Simply, string = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1";
let string = "firstName:name1, lastName:last1";
let object= strToObj("{"+string+"}");
console.log(object)