Question

function countJSONObjByKeyValue(obj, key, value)
{
    var countJSONShows = 0;
    $.each(obj, function(i, item)
    {
        if(obj[i].key == value){ countJSONShows++; }
    });
    alert(countJSONShows);
}
countJSONObjByKeyValue("dashboardJSON.widgets", "show", "false");

is it plausible to think something along the lines there of the function above could work? If so what is wrong with this current function/call to it that I could do to make it work?

I know doing it without the wrapping of a function I can do it just fine but I would like the concept to be reusable.

Answer 1

Should work, however you could also do:

function countJSONObjByKeyValue(obj, key, value)
{
   var countJSONShows = 0;


   for(x in obj){
        if(obj[i].key == value){ countJSONShows++; }
   }
   window.alert(countJSONShows);
}
countJSONObjByKeyValue(dashboardJSON.widgets, "show", "false");

Also note, obj mustnt be passed as a string