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Parsing JSON containing new line characters

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In my website I try to convert a string to JSON which contains a newline.

JSON.parse('{hallo:line1rnline2,a:[5.5,5.6,5.7]}');

This produces an Unexpected token error. Do I need to escape that somehow?

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answered 12 Years ago gabriellagiselc · Accepted Answer

Yes, you should escape both n and r as they belong to the list of control characters. Full list of characters that need to be escaped can be found here. Your code would be

obj = JSON.parse('{hallo:line1\r\nline2,a:[5.5,5.6,5.7]}');

JSFiddle: link