I am trying to create an object out of string which is not a typical JSON string.
Here is the example:
var ObjectInString = "{x:62.43993,y:293.64093}"; //string i want to turn into an object
var ObjectWhichWorks = {x:62.43993,y:293.64093};
console.log(ObjectInString);
console.log(ObjectWhichWorks);You can use eval to interpret a JavaScript expression inside of a string. We need to wrap this value in parentheses for it to be parsed properly as an object literal, instead of an invalid statement.
var ObjectInString = "{x:62.43993,y:293.64093}";
var Object = eval("(" + ObjectInString + ")");
console.log(ObjectInString);
console.log(Object);However, using eval with untrusted data is a massive security vulnerability. Only do this with data from sources that are entirely trusted, and look for alternatives (such as using valid JSON data you can parse with JSON.parse(...) as soon as possible.
Assuming your keys are always x and y, convert the string to a valid JSON string by adding double quotes around those keys. You can then use JSON.parse() to get the desired object:
var o = '{x:62.43993,y:293.64093}';
console.log(JSON.parse(o.replace('x', '"x"').replace('y', '"y"')));many years ago i search alot for this solution.
var obj = eval ("(" + ObjectInString + ")");
i don't know about cross browser support or anything else, just know it work for me.
JSON.parse(string)to convert string to objectJSON.parse(JSON.stringify(ObjectInString))