making JSON from string

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I have a job to refractor strings to start using json so they can just pass json objects. So I have made array of names and then I'm trying to go through and make key and values but I'm getting an error in the console that it cant find x of no value. Can someone point me in the right direction?

 var newName = ['ManagingOrg', 'ActiveOrg', 'Severity', 'SeverityClassification', 'WorkQueue', 'TicketState',................ to long to post];


            $().each(newName, function (key, value) {
                key = newName[this];
                value = newValues[this] = $('#' + key).val();
                newArray = [key][value];
                newArray = JSON.stringify(newArray);
                alert(newArray);
                $('.results').html(origArray[TicketNumber]);

            });

nope! I know perl needs the stuff but I tried to dumb it down because the actual code would need to look like this in the end. value = newValues[this] = $('#' + key).val(); I could just make json but its like 100 plus fields and there needs to be 4 so I thought this would be easy and dynamic for future edits. — Dallas
– Dallas, Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 0:53
What exactly states the error in your console? And at which line? — Cliff Burton
– Cliff Burton, Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 0:57
Unable to get property 'ManagingOrg' of undefined or null reference — Dallas
– Dallas, Commented Feb 28, 2016 at 1:06

S. Thrall · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-28 01:04:57Z

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I'm assuming you have "newValues" and "origArray" defined elsewhere?

In any case you'll need to at least adjust the following:

"$().each" should be $.each
"newArray" should be defined outside and you should use newArray[key] = value
you don't have a variable "TicketNumber" defined and so you should wrap "TicketNumber" in quotes
this is a reserved word so you shouldn't use it in "newName[this]" or "newValues[this]"

I suggest using a for loop instead of $.each() based on what you're trying to do inside.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb299886.aspx

answered Feb 28, 2016 at 1:04

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Dallas Over a year ago

I do like your suggestions I do have one question. If I initialize newArray[key] = value that means I would need to create the key and value and would that not create the json or just an array?

S. Thrall Over a year ago

Actually, defining "newArray" as an object, var newArray = {}, prior to the loop will give you an object that you can stringify after your loop.

Dallas · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-28 04:16:42Z

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var origArray = [];

    var newName = ['ManagingOrg', 'ActiveOrg', 'Severity', 'SeverityClassification'
    ];


    for (var i = 0; i < newName.length - 1; i++) {
        var object = {};
        object[newName[i]] = newName[i];
        object = JSON.stringify(object);
        origArray.push(object);

    }

answered Feb 28, 2016 at 4:16

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