Load a string of markdown properties as JavaScript object

Question

Given a string I need to create an object and convert that string to properties.

So given this:

"anchor: true,
text: 'primary button',
style: 'primary'
"

I need to generate a real object:

{
     anchor: true,
     text: 'primary button',
     style: 'primary'
}

Any help on this of course greatly appreciated.

If you create valid JSON strings, this would be trivial, now you'd made into a nightmare and have to write your own parser. — adeneo, Jan 13 '15 at 18:30
(This will probably go better if showing an attempt - and the problem(s) that results from it - or at least pointing out approaches explored and why they are not suitable.) — user2864740, Jan 13 '15 at 18:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:30

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This depends on the markdown format. If it is Yaml (which it looks like), you will need to use a yaml parser such as js-yaml (https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml).

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:30

John

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Thank you but the markdown is not relevant. It is just where the string is coming from. – busyPixels Jan 13 '15 at 18:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:41

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Thanks to @dandavis for posting this answer in a comment:

anObject=eval("0||{"+yourString+"}")

answered Jan 13 '15 at 18:41

busyPixels

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I couldn't bring myself to put eval() in an answer, and i would probably get beat up if i did. A lot of people don't like eval for a lot of reasons, most of them trivial, but some worth considering. I would say that as long as you don't eval() user input, and you don't need to run with "es3 compact profile"-level support (ala chrome extensions), eval() will be the simplest way to do what you want with controlled input. – dandavis Jan 13 '15 at 18:52

Load a string of markdown properties as JavaScript object

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