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

Other proposals are a little cryptic, so I thought I'd contribute:

Object.prop = function(obj, prop, val){
    var props = prop.split('.')
      , final = props.pop(), p 
    while(p = props.shift()){
        if (typeof obj[p] === 'undefined')
            return undefined;
        obj = obj[p]
    }
    return val ? (obj[final] = val) : obj[final]
}

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

// get
console.log(Object.prop(obj, 'a.c')) // -> 2
// set
Object.prop(obj, 'a.c', function(){})
console.log(obj) // -> { a: { b: '1', c: [Function] } }