Actionscript/Flex string to array

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I'm working with a 3rd party web service and it's returning a string like the below. I'm completely stuck on how to parse this into a usable format. It appears it's an array, just in text format.

[["theData",{"something":somevalue,"details":null,"somethingElse":"something"},0]]

It could also have multiple, like

[["theData",{"something":somevalue,"details":null,"somethingElse":"something"},0],["theData",{"something":somevalue,"details":null,"somethingElse":"something"},0]]

I've tried setting the HTTPService result type as array/arraycollection, that doesn't work. The only thing I can think is to do some sort of string split/join.

JeffryHouser · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-18 13:55:48Z

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That looks like JSON to me; so I would look into using the Flash Player's native JSON classes.

If you really want to use String parsing; then I'd look into the split() function; which will turn it into an Array. But, it seems like you'd be stuck doing string parsing to get every value.

answered Mar 18, 2013 at 13:55

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Beta4 Over a year ago

Yes, JSON is the {} part, which is part of the array.

Beta4 Over a year ago

You were correct. It was JSON. (facepalm). I'm so used to an array of json starting/ending with {}

JeffryHouser Over a year ago

@beta4 No need to facepalm. Four months ago I wouldn't have recolonized it at all.

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