Get index of a key in json

Question

I have a json like so:

json = { \"key1\" : \"watevr1\", \"key2\" : \"watevr2\", \"key3\" : \"watevr3\" }

Now, I want to know the index of a key

Answer 1

You don't need a numerical index for an object key, but many others have told you that.

Here's the actual answer:

var json = { "key1" : "watevr1", "key2" : "watevr2", "key3" : "watevr3" };

console.log( getObjectKeyIndex(json, 'key2') ); 
// Returns int(1) (or null if the key doesn't exist)

function getObjectKeyIndex(obj, keyToFind) {
    var i = 0, key;

    for (key in obj) {
        if (key == keyToFind) {
            return i;
        }

        i++;
    }

    return null;
}

Though you're PROBABLY just searching for the same loop that I've used in this function, so you can go through the object:

for (var key in json) {
    console.log(key + ' is ' + json[key]);
}

Which will output

key1 is watevr1
key2 is watevr2
key3 is watevr3

Answer 2

Its too late, but it may be simple and useful

var json = { "key1" : "watevr1", "key2" : "watevr2", "key3" : "watevr3" };
var keytoFind = "key2";
var index = Object.keys(json).indexOf(keytoFind);
alert(index);

Answer 3

What you have is a string representing a JSON serialized javascript object. You need to deserialize it back a javascript object before being able to loop through its properties. Otherwise you will be looping through each individual character of this string.

var resultJSON = '{ "key1" : "watevr1", "key2" : "watevr2", "key3" : "watevr3" }';
    var result = $.parseJSON(resultJSON);
    $.each(result, function(k, v) {
        //display the key and value pair
        alert(k + ' is ' + v);
    });

or simply:

arr.forEach(function (val, index, theArray) {
    //do stuff
});

Answer 4

What you are after are numerical indexes in the way classic arrays work, however there is no such thing with json object/associative arrays.

"key1", "key2" themeselves are the indexes and there is no numerical index associated with them. If you want to have such functionality you have to assiciate them yourself.

Answer 5

Try this

var json = '{ "key1" : "watevr1", "key2" : "watevr2", "key3" : "watevr3" }';
json = $.parseJSON(json);

var i = 0, req_index = "";
$.each(json, function(index, value){
    if(index == 'key2'){
        req_index = i;
    }
    i++;
});
alert(req_index);

Answer 6

In principle, it is wrong to look for an index of a key. Keys of a hash map are unordered, you should never expect specific order.