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I am using the below line in Javascript to parse a json string.

var obj = JSON.parse('{"respDataMap":{"userMessages":{"lbSearchHint":"Enteravalueandpress\"Enter\"orclickon\"Search\"#"}},"respErrorCode":"","respErrorMessage":""}');

The escaped double-quote character in the string is causing the json parsing to fail. But, the same string pasted in online JSON validators is certified as valid. How do I fix this?

Teddy
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  • At the time of asking this, I thought double backslash also didn't work. (This was because i was trying to replace single slash with a double slash in Java. Unfortunately my Java replaceAll usage was wrong leading me to think double backslash wasn't working in JS) – Teddy Mar 01 '14 at 18:26

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Use double slash like for escape character 

var obj = JSON.parse('{"respDataMap":{"userMessages":{"lbSearchHint":"Enteravalueandpress\\"Enter\\"orclickon\\"Search\\"#"}},"respErrorCode":"","respErrorMessage":""}');
Sumeet Kumar Yadav
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  • Thanks. Triple-backslash is also working.. why's that? – Teddy Feb 26 '14 at 13:05
  • Javascript interpreter will interprate three as as combination of double '\\' and single '\' which is interpreted as one '\'. '\\\' == '\\'+'\' == '\\' == '\'@Teddy And double slash also interpreter to single salsh ‘\\’ == ‘\’ – Sumeet Kumar Yadav Feb 26 '14 at 13:37