How do I access a JSON object using a javascript variable

Question

What I mean by that is say I have JSON data as such:

[{\"ADAM\":{\"TEST\":1}, \"BOBBY\":{\"TEST\":2}}]

and I want to do something like this

Answer 1

Since objects in javascripts are handled just like hashmaps (or associative arrays) you can just do data['adam'].TEST just like you could do data.adam.TEST. If you have a variable index, just go with the [] notation.

var data = [{"ADAM":{"TEST":1}, "BOBBY":{"TEST":2}}]
alert(data[0].ADAM.TEST);
alert(data[0]['ADAM'].TEST)

if you just do

var data = {"ADAM":{"TEST":1}, "BOBBY":{"TEST":2}};

you could access it using data.ADAM.TEST and data['ADAM'].TEST