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Tolerim
a month ago

What is the process for changing JavaScript text into JSON format?

How can I convert the given text "{width: '300'}" into a JSON object using JavaScript when JSON.parse is giving an error "Unexpected token w in JSON at position 1"?
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Vogi
a month ago
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You can use the following code to convert the given text "{width: '300'}" into a JSON object using JavaScript: 
let text = "{width: '300'}";
text = text.replace(/(\w+):/g, "\"$1\":");
const object = JSON.parse(text);
The error "Unexpected token w in JSON at position 1" occurs because the given text is not a valid JSON string. The keys and values are not enclosed in double quotes. The code above replaces all keys with their double-quoted versions and then parses the resulting string as a JSON object. I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.

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JSON.parse() - W3SchoolHow to convert javascript text to an JSON - Stack OverflowJavaScript convert JavaScript object to JSON object
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Tolerim
a month ago
You can convert the text to a JSON object in JavaScript by removing the single quotes around the object keys and using double quotes instead. Then you can use JSON.parse to parse the string into a JSON object. Here's an example of how to do this: 
const text = '{ "width": "300" }';
const obj = JSON.parse(text);
console.log(obj); // { width: "300" }
In this example, we have removed the single quotes around the key width and used double quotes instead. We then use JSON.parse to parse the text into a JSON object and store it in the obj variable. Finally, we log the object to the console to verify that it has been successfully parsed.
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