How to extract "fields" from JavaScript Object [duplicate]

Question

This is my spinet:

$scope.foodtypes = { 'GRAINS': { 'HOT': ['Rice','Beans','Sogum'], 'ROOT': ['Yam','Potato','Cassava'] } }

I like to store the exact word "GRAINS" or "ROOT" in a variable for decision making:

something like:

if foodtypes is "GRAINS" then ......

if foottypes is "ROOT" then ......

Please how do I capture "GRAIN" or "ROOT" for use?

Kate Chumbarova · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-13 16:22:44Z

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Assuming that foodtypes is a JSON string that represents an object that has all food types as first-level key, you could do something like this:

Object.keys(JSON.parse($scope.foodtypes));

This will return an array of strings ["GRAINS", "ROOT"].

answered Jan 13, 2019 at 16:22

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3 Comments

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1

"Unexpected token o in JSON at position 1" usually means that your data is already an object. So no need to do JSON.parse.

Thank you Kate, I am very grateful.