JSON: check to see if value is string or object

JavaScript
1

you can’t check JSON for whether or not they’re strings like regular variables?

this is not working for me…

 if (typeof propName === 'string') {

in this example,
http://mayacove.com/dev/json/users.html

to grab for the “joined” property (which contains three values, so had to loop again…)

I had to “cheat” and do

 if(PropName === "joined") {

but the line I really wanted to use, namely

 if (typeof propName === 'string') {

was ignored…

but in my real situation need very much to detect whether a value is a string or an object… I assume this is pretty standard JSON stuff…

(in my real situation I need to check the Value, not the Prop name… and it’s the exact same problem…

this is ignored…

 if (typeof propValue === 'string') {

)

thank you…

2

actually I made a mistake in my post…

the line I would have wanted to use here,
http://mayacove.com/dev/json/users.html
is

 //	if (PropValue != 'string') {

to detect if value for “joined” was a string or an object…

but, again, this line was ignored…

3

In your JS, you’ve got this line:

if (PropValue typeOf != 'string')    //	this line is ignored....

The typeof operator is all lower case, and needs to go before the value you’re checking (as you’ve shown in previous posts). This should work:

$.each(val, function(PropName,PropValue) {
    if (typeof PropValue != 'string') {
        console.log(PropValue + ' is NOT a string');
    }
});