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Escaping character in json string

rated 0 times [ 73] [ 3] / answers: 1 / hits: 17773 / 14 Years ago, sat, november 6, 2010, 12:00:00

It is said here:

any quotes inside the JSON have to be
“escaped” with a backslash in front.
Otherwise, JavaScript gets confused
about which quotes we want for display
and which quotes are part of the
programming.

but in their code snippet I can't see any escaping character is this tutorial buggy I'm confused ? :

var movielisttext = {movielist: [Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Part 2, Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Friday the 13th: A New Beginning]};

My question is specifically if their article has an error or not because it amazes me that a tutorial for beginner can embed such error.

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answered 14 Years ago siena · Accepted Answer

What you have is JavaScript, not JSON.

If you want JSON:

{

    movielist: [

        Friday the 13th,

        Friday the 13th Part 2,

        Friday the 13th Part III,

        Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,

        Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

    ]

}

If you want a JavaScript object

var movielisttext =   {

        movielist: [

            Friday the 13th,

            Friday the 13th Part 2,

            Friday the 13th Part III,

            Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,

            Friday the 13th: A New Beginning

        ]

    };

If you want a JavaScript string containing the JSON:

var movielisttext =  '{movielist: [Friday the 13th,Friday the 13th Part 2,Friday the 13th Part III,Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,Friday the 13th: A New Beginning]}';

or

var movielisttext = {movielist: [Friday the 13th,Friday the 13th Part 2,Friday the 13th Part III,Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter,Friday the 13th: A New Beginning]};

Since the data itself doesn't include any characters, they don't need to be escaped as far as the JSON is concerned.