cyclic object value error when converting JSON object to String using JSON.stringify()

Question

I have a JSON object of format:

obj { 
    name: "abc" , 
    entriesList : "list of entry obj" , 
    propertiesList : "list of properties obj" 
};

where entry is also another object

entry { 
    info : "data obj" , 
    age : "15" , 
    subjects : "5"
}
properties { 
    a : "a" ,  
    b : "b" 
}
data { 
    c : "c" , 
    d : "d"
}

Using JSON.stringify() it is giving error

cyclic object value

How should I convert my object to JSON string?

Isn't JSON.parse reverse of JSON.stringify i.e. converting JSON string to JSON obj? whereas my need is stringily — user3505394, May 26 '15 at 03:47
@crc442 No, it does't looks cyclic to me. Original obj is not an entry object. — user3505394, May 26 '15 at 03:53
I can't post actual data but I am trying to come up with more clear analogy. — user3505394, May 26 '15 at 04:13
Possible duplicate of [Serializing object that contains cyclic object value](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9382167/serializing-object-that-contains-cyclic-object-value) — surfealokesea, Jul 08 '16 at 06:58

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 26 '15 at 03:50

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I can't see a cycle from your example, but the idea is to not include cyclic references in your object. I mean to avoid something like this:

var a = {}, b = {};
a.child = b;
b.child = a; //This will cause a cyclic reference when calling JSON.stringify both on a and b object

answered May 26 '15 at 03:50

edrian

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I understood not to include cycles references and I can't see cyclic references as well.But I am getting error as cyclic object value. – user3505394 May 26 '15 at 03:55

cyclic object value error when converting JSON object to String using JSON.stringify()

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