Access JSON data with string path?

Question

var give = \'i.want.it\';

var obj = {
    i: {
        want: {
            it: \'Oh I know you do...\'
        }
    }
};

console.log(obj[give]); // \'Oh I know yo         


        

Answer 1

You can use eval()

var obj = {"a": { "b": { "c": 3}}}; writeln(eval('obj.a.b.c') + 2);

This will output 5.

JavaScript is weakly typed and thus it's evaluation function executes a statement as well as evaluating an expression.