How to get JSON array from file with getJSON?

Question

How could I get an array json of a json file with javascript and jquery

I was triyng with the next code, with it doesnt work:

var questions = [];
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Answer 1

$.getJSON is an asynchronous function, so returning something inside that function does nothing, as it's not in scope, or received yet. You should probably do something like:

function getArray(){
    return $.getJSON('questions.json');
}

getArray().done(function(json) {
    // now you can use json
    var questions = [];
    $.each(json, function(key, val) {
        questions[key] = { Category: val.Category };
    });
});