Convert JavaScript string in dot notation into an object reference

Question

Given a JS object

var obj = { a: { b: \'1\', c: \'2\' } }

and a string

\"a.b\"

how can I convert the stri

Answer 1

If you can use lodash, there is a function, which does exactly that:

_.get(object, path, [defaultValue])

var val = _.get(obj, "a.b");