Passing in String to jQuery function as Object

Question

This might be a stupid question, but I'm trying to pass in a string of settings I've constructed in the following format:

"setting1" : "value", "setting2" : "value", "setting3" : "value"

The above is saved to a string named args. Nothing special, but I'm wanting to pass it in as an argument to a function.

$('#element').functionName({ args });

I'm not sure what I'm missed here.... Thanks!

sorry, args is the var name for the string above... I'll edit — Aaron
– Aaron, Commented Feb 6, 2013 at 2:02
Back up a bit to where the string comes from. Makes more sense to modify it's source to create object or JSON, not a string formatted as shown — charlietfl
– charlietfl, Commented Feb 6, 2013 at 2:07

Plynx · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-06 02:03:21Z

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If you really have a string such as this:

'"setting1" : "value", "setting2" : "value", "setting3" : "value"'

You can parse it using JSON.parse and get an object out of it like so:

var args = JSON.parse( "{" + str + "}" );
$('#element').functionName(o);

But in reality you probably want to just create such an object instead of a string from the start, e.g.:

var args = {"setting1" : "value", "setting2" : "value", "setting3" : "value"};
$('#element').functionName(args);

answered Feb 6, 2013 at 2:03

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travega · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-06 02:05:42Z

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There is no such thing as a stupid question. Try:

var args = JSON.parse("{'setting1' : 'value', ...}");

And then pass the "args" variable into your function.

answered Feb 6, 2013 at 2:05

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