JSON with Unicode attributes

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I am developing a web app and I want to use JSON objects with Unicode attributes such as the following:

a = {
ονομα:"hello"
}

And then use it like that

a.ονομα

Or maybe iterate over the object

I have tried it in the chrome console and it works fine but I would like to know if it is supported in other browsers and if it's a good practice.

@NiettheDarkAbsol is it a bad practise? The app will be only for Greeks and supported by Greeks — gkaimakas, Jun 28 '14 at 22:45
That may be, but until you can write "if( ... ) { ... } else { ... }` in Greek, you should keep your code in English. — Niet the Dark Absol, Jun 28 '14 at 23:22

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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Starting with JavaScript 1.5 a JavaScript identifier, you can use ISO 8859-1 or Unicode letters such as å and ü in identifiers. You can also use the \uXXXX Unicode escape sequences as characters in identifiers.

Looking at the browser compatibility for JS 1.5, you should be safe as even IE6-7 run that version.

For more detailed info check: http://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-identifiers or this SO answer.

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answered Jun 28 '14 at 22:33

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You can also use correctly spelled Greek words such as όνομα (with the tonos accent) as identifiers, see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1661197/valid-characters-for-javascript-variable-names – Jukka K. Korpela Jun 29 '14 at 07:49

JSON with Unicode attributes

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