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JavaScript

Posted by msdsmd sm,dfsadf
msdsmd sm,dfsadf
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let names = `[ {"name": "Joe" }, {"name":"Jogn" } ]` alert(JSON.parse(names)[1].name) 

<script>
 let companies = `[
 {"name": "Joe"
 },
 {"name":"Jogn"
 }
 ]`
 alert(JSON.parse(companies)[1].name)
</script>
 /*
Someone, please explain to me why I can't use a single quote.
Why backtick only works
*/

1 Answer

Michael Kobela
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Michael Kobela
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Michael Kobela
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Michael Kobela
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,570 Points

I believe when using template literals, it preserves the newline character which throws off the parsing. Try it all on one line:

let companies = `[{"name": "Joe"},{"name":"Jogn"}]`
alert(JSON.parse(companies)[1].name)

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Template_literals