Question

The JS array containing JSON objects is in external file pairs.js which looks like this:

var objects =[{
    "name":"Joe",
    "age":"22"
  },{
    "name":"April",
    "age":"43"
  }, .......
];

I include the file in html like this:

<script src="pairs.js"></script>

Now my problem begins – I can’t parse these objects. I’ve done it like this:

var obj=jQuery.parseJSON(objects);
//also tried: jQuery.parseJSON(objects[0]);
alert(obj.name);

But it won’t work. What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

jQuery.parseJSON() expects a string argument that contains JSON. But you’re passing it an already-formed object. You don’t need to parse anything at all here. Just use objects.