Unable to access JSON property with “-” dash

Question

I am unable to retrieve a value from a json object when the string has a dash character:

{
\"profile-id\":1234, \"user_id\":6789
}

If I try

Answer 1

jsonObj.profile-id is a subtraction expression (i.e. jsonObj.profile - id).

To access a key that contains characters that cannot appear in an identifier, use brackets:

jsonObj["profile-id"]