Object to json string in node.js

Question

I have a problem with node.js to object to json string

var chat = {};
chat.messages = [];
chat.messages['en'] = [];
chat.messages['fr'] = [];
console.log(chat.messages)
console.log(JSON.stringify(chat.messages));

I got

[ en: [], fr: [] ]
[]

I don't know why this is not correctly convert

I just took a look in my crystal ball, and it says it's not correctly converted because you did'nt feed it the right data ? — adeneo
– adeneo, Commented Dec 8, 2012 at 23:09

Jon Gauthier · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-08 23:10:59Z

9

On this line, you initialize chat.messages as an empty array:

chat.messages = [];

Here, you use it as an object:

chat.messages['en'] = [];
chat.messages['fr'] = [];

These lines actually set properties on the array instance. It's curious that Node would include these properties in the normal .toString() result (i.e., that you'd see the set properties as elements of the array on console.log(chat.messages).

In any case, to fix, declare chat.messages as an object:

chat.messages = {};
chat.messages['en'] = [];
chat.messages['fr'] = [];

answered Dec 8, 2012 at 23:10

Jon Gauthier

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