SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unexpected identifier "object" when trying to parse json

Question

I'm getting errors when trying to parse a string to json

here is my String

{"location": " Antoine Vallasois Ave, Vacoas-Phoenix, England", "stopover":true}

and here is my javascript function

function fillWaypoints(location){
 var ob =JSON.parse(location);
 ArrayWaypoints.push(ob)
 
}

`location` is probably already an object, not json, so no need to parse. — Wreigh, Mar 13 '18 at 03:57
read this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20660399/syntaxerror-json-parse-error-unexpected-identifier-object-anonymous-functio — Wreigh, Mar 13 '18 at 03:59
@Wreigh i've removed the parser and see what's im having SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unexpected identifier "object" — Nicky Larson, Mar 13 '18 at 04:05

Mamun · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-13T05:05:50.043

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There are some issues here:

location is a keyword in JavaScript, you cannot pass that as parameter to a function.
location value " Antoine Vallasois Ave, Vacoas-Phoenix, England", "stopover":true is not a valid JSON, so it will give you an error.
You didn't declare ArrayWaypoints.

You can try the following way:

var loc = {"location": " Antoine Vallasois Ave, Vacoas-Phoenix, England", "stopover":true}
var ArrayWaypoints = [];
function fillWaypoints(loc){
  loc.location.split(',').forEach(function(l){
    ArrayWaypoints.push(l.trim());
  });
}
fillWaypoints(loc);
console.log(ArrayWaypoints);

edited Mar 13 '18 at 05:05

answered Mar 13 '18 at 04:04

Mamun

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TypeError: null is not an object (evaluating 'ArrayWaypoints.push') – Nicky Larson Mar 13 '18 at 04:09
@NickyLarson, what is not working? what is the output you are expecting? Did you run the snippet of my answer? – Mamun Mar 13 '18 at 04:11
with my codes i'm getting TypeError: null is not an object (evaluating 'ArrayWaypoints.push') – Nicky Larson Mar 13 '18 at 04:14
sorry it looks like I messed up something with array var ArrayWaypoints = [] , xD I've defined it as **var ArrayWaypoints = JSON.parse(sessionStorage.getItem('myArray'));** – Nicky Larson Mar 13 '18 at 04:19
@NickyLarson, you are most welcome. Great to know that you are able to get going.......thanks. – Mamun Mar 13 '18 at 04:21

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 13 '18 at 05:15

Hey Please Note Here You are trying to parse Json.. You have to pass string in JSON.parse() function because JSON.parse can only parse string into json:-

var a = '{"location": " Antoine Vallasois Ave Vacoas-Phoenix England", "stopover":true}'

let ArrayWaypoints = [];

function fillWaypoints(location){
    var ob =JSON.parse(location);
    ArrayWaypoints.push(ob)

}

SyntaxError: JSON Parse error: Unexpected identifier "object" when trying to parse json

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