JSON understanding and arrays

Question

I am in process of reverse engineering a JS script. Somewhere is says:

var a = [{
    name: 'sample1',
     data: ["Otu1", "Otu2", "Otu3", "Otu4", "Otu5"],
     values: [5, 15, 250, 20, 23]
  },{
    name: 'sample2',
     data: ["Otu1", "Otu5", "Otu6", "Otu7"],
     values: [234, 29, 239, 5]
  }]

First question: What type of object is it? is it JSON? Or is it an array of JSON objects?

I need to write this in this form:

var b = {
    name: 'sample1',
     data: ["Otu1", "Otu2", "Otu3", "Otu4", "Otu5"],
     values: [5, 15, 250, 20, 23]
  }
var c = {
    name: 'sample2',
     data: ["Otu1", "Otu5", "Otu6", "Otu7"],
     values: [234, 29, 239, 5]
  }

var a = b + c

Could you please help? Any insights are appreciated. Thank you community !

I Hate Lazy · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-10 01:50:29Z

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"First question: What type of object is it? is it JSON? Or is it an array of JSON objects?"

It's an Array of JavaScript Objects. It could be serialized into JSON data, but currently you should just see it as JavaScript code. The notation is similar, but the resulting data is different.

(And actually in your case, for the notation to be JSON-like, you'd need to use double quotes. But even then, you're still creating JavaScript Objects)

"I need to write this in this form: "

For this, you could make an Array of JavaScript Objects like this:

var a = [b, c];

answered Dec 10, 2012 at 1:50

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Anoosh Ravan Over a year ago

Thank u. will shortly try that out.

Anoosh Ravan Over a year ago

Thanks for the suggestion, but that didn't work. any other suggestion?

I Hate Lazy Over a year ago

You need to give more information. What are you trying to do?

Darwayne · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-10 01:51:05Z

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You have an array of Objects here, remember JSON simply means JavaScript Object Notation

answered Dec 10, 2012 at 1:51

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