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In JavaScript/jQuery, how to retrieve data that has spaces in its name?

rated 0 times [ 54] [ 6] / answers: 1 / hits: 15987 / 15 Years ago, mon, december 7, 2009, 12:00:00

I am retrieving JSON using jQuery's getJSON call.

My problem is that some of the fields in the returned JSON have spaces in them.

How do I retrieve these values from the JSON without changing the source data? See line marked ERROR below:

$.getJSON(url, null, function(objData) {

  $.each(objData.data, function(i, item) {

    var zip = item.Zip;

    var fname = item.First Name; //ERROR

  });

});

Example JSON:

jsonp123456789({data:[{Zip:12345,First Name:Bob},{Zip:23456,First Name:Joe},{Zip:34567,First Name:Bill}]})

Thanks

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answered 15 Years ago kaia · Accepted Answer

Array member access notation works on objects as well.

$.getJSON(url, null, function(objData) {

  $.each(objData.data, function(i, item) {

    var zip = item.Zip;

    var fname = item['First Name'];

  });

});

You can use this for arbitrary strings (those that aren't legal identifiers) as well as variables.

var fieldName = First Name;

var fname = item[fieldName];