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How to access an array in a JSON object?

I have the following JSON object:

[
    {
        "comments": [
            {
                "created_at": "2011-02-09T14:42:42-08:00",
                "thumb": "xxxxxxx",
                "level": 1,
                "id": 214,
                "user_id": 41,
                "parent_id": 213,
                "content": "<p>xxxxxx</p>",
                "full_name": "xx K"
            },
            {
                "created_at": "2011-02-09T14:41:23-08:00",
                "thumb": "xxxxxxxxxxxxx",
                "level": 0,
                "id": 213,
                "user_id": 19,
                "parent_id": null,
                "content": "<p>this is another test</p>",
                "full_name": "asd asd asd asd asd"
            }
        ],
        "eee1": "asdadsdas",
        "eee2": "bbbbb"
    }
]

This is coming from a $.ajax request, in success I have....

success: function (dataJS) {
    console.log(dataJS);
    console.log(dataJS[eee1]);
    console.log(dataJS.comments);
}

Problem is I can't get access to the items in the JSON object, even though dataJS does show correctly in the console. Ideas?

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo
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That's because your base object is an array as well.

console.log(dataJS[0].comments[0]);

I suspect that would work

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

0

the JSON you have coming back is actually an array itself, so...

dataJS[0].comments[0].created_at

will be 2011-02-09T14:42:42-08:00, etc...

Both dataJS and comments are arrays, and need indexes to access the appropriate elements.

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report

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The object being returned is itself an array, so to get to the first comment (as an example), this is how you would access it:

dataJS[0].comments[0]

over 4 years ago · Santiago Trujillo Report
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