JQuery set value for the json: path provided as string

Question

I have a string that carry the path of a nested json, where I need to update a value

var path = 'p_Data[0]["BusinessUnit"][0]["BusinessUnit"]'

if i evaluate this path I get value as 'Unit1'. I need to update the value 'Unit1' with 'Closed' and retrieve the original data ie, p_Data

I tried eval(path = 'Closed'), but didn't work.

How to do this?

did you use jsonpath??? It's a good plugin to manipulate json strings.... — maverickosama92, Aug 07 '13 at 08:44
@maverickosama92: isn't there any other way to do this other than having another plugin? — Okky, Aug 07 '13 at 08:46
FWIW, that's not a JSON string, that's just a string. And I assume you already parsed the JSON data and work with nested objects (so the problem does not have anything to do with JSON). Have a look at [Javascript: How to set object property given its string name](http://stackoverflow.com/q/13719593/218196) for a start. — Felix Kling, Aug 07 '13 at 08:53
I haven't worked much with nested JSON this is my first try with nested. — Okky, Aug 07 '13 at 08:58
Issue is that I have arrays inside these nested json it can be like var path = 'p_Data[0]["BusinessUnit"][1]["BusinessUnit"]' — Okky, Aug 07 '13 at 08:59

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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eval(path + "='Closed'");

edited May 23 '17 at 10:31

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answered Aug 07 '13 at 12:18

pckill

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