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How can I convert the string...

"{ name: 'John' }"

...to an actual JavaScript object literal that will allow me to access the data using its keys (I.e. varname["name"] == "John")? I can't use JSON.parse(), since the string is invalid JSON.

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I'd prefer avoiding eval and make the source produce proper JSON. –  Thilo 1 hour ago

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From the previous question

s="{ name: 'John'}";
eval('x='+s);
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Ahhh, now I see what you're saying. So sorry that was so difficult for me to understand. Thanks for your help! –  BeachRunnerFred 1 hour ago
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You could use eval().

var str = "{ name: 'John' }";
var obj = eval("(" + str + ")");
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Example with new Function

var str = "{ name: 'John' }";
var fnc = new Function( "return " + str );
var obj = fnc();
console.log(obj.name);

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