Unable to solve error “ Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token o ”

Question

I am currently practicing using Javascript/Dojo. However, I have an error that I am unable to solve:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token o

Answer 1

You're trying to parse a JavaScript object. JSON.parse is for parsing a JSON string representing a JavaScript-like object.

Just skip the parsing altogether:

alert(data.list[1].Name);

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On a related note: you might be interested in reading There's no such thing as a "JSON Object".