JSON name/value name as number

[Dominic]

Hi there,

I'm looking to transfer some data between functions and I thought I'd use
json such that the notation will be like this:

var myJSONThing = {12:34, 345:32, 987:345...}.

function myFunction(myJSONThing){
....
}

Now I looked and the name/value pair should, according to the documentation
I could find, have the name enclosed with "s yet the script I'm writing
seems to be working (at least in Firefox). Is it totally necessary to have
the quotation marks or just good practice? Also, would it have an effect on
iterating through the object? I guess the answer to the first of my
questions is the important thing as I don't want it to break in the future.

Cheers,

Dom

 

[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

I'm looking to transfer some data between functions and I thought I'd use
json such that the notation will be like this:

var myJSONThing = {12:34, 345:32, 987:345...}.

That is _not_ JSON.

function myFunction(myJSONThing){
...
}

Now I looked and the name/value pair should, according to the
documentation I could find, have the name enclosed with "s yet

It MUST if it is supposed to be JSON.

the script I'm writing seems to be working (at least in Firefox). Is it
totally necessary to have the quotation marks or just good practice?

It is only necessary if you want JSON. You want to learn what JSON is, and
what an ECMAScript-conforming (e.g., JavaScript) Object initializer/literal
is instead:

<http://json.org/>
<http://jibbering.com/faq/#posting>


PointedEars

 

[Garrett Smith]

Dominic wrote:
[...]

It is only necessary if you want JSON. You want to learn what JSON is, and
what an ECMAScript-conforming (e.g., JavaScript) Object initializer/literal
is instead:

<http://json.org/>
<http://jibbering.com/faq/#posting>

Also check out Hallvords JSON test suite.

http://my.opera.com/core/blog/2009/12/18/native-json-support-in-opera

very informative at a glance -- you can easily see what fails and then
go directly to the source code.

Garrett

 

[Dominic]

Dominic wrote:
[...]

It is only necessary if you want JSON. You want to learn what JSON is,
and
what an ECMAScript-conforming (e.g., JavaScript) Object
initializer/literal
is instead:

<http://json.org/>
<http://jibbering.com/faq/#posting>

Also check out Hallvords JSON test suite.

http://my.opera.com/core/blog/2009/12/18/native-json-support-in-opera

very informative at a glance -- you can easily see what fails and then go
directly to the source code.

Garrett

Thank you both. As I was unclear I asked here and I got the answer I
expected, my script is now changed. Though I initially was creating the JSON
object by evaluating a string that I made I then changed and created it as a
native object once I was happy with using JSON ;-)

Dom