Using an Ajax.get, I'm receiving a JSON object and able to access the property I need if I do this
console.log(data.quotes.USDEUR)
However, since the last property changes via user user input, I declared a variable to take it's place and it's showing as undefined:
var destinationCurrency = "USDEUR" //It can change into "USDAUD, USDGBP, etc"
console.log(data.quotes.destinationCurrency) // produces undefined
Been looking for a while online. Also tried string concatenation then JSON.parse, but no luck, can anyone help?
Below is the ajax call and console.log.
function convert() {
$.get("http://apilayer.net/api/live?access_key=" + key + "&from=" +
sourceCurrency + "&to=" + destinationCurrency)
.done(function (data) {
console.log(data) //returns JSON
console.log(data.quotes.USDEUR + " This works!") //this works
console.log("typeof - " + typeof(data.quotes.USDEUR))
var destinationCurrency = "USDEUR"
console.log(data.quotes.destinationCurrency + " This doesn't work")
console.log("typeof = " +typeof(data.quotes.destinationCurrency))
})
.fail(function (e) {
alert(e)
})
}
from console log
{success: true, terms: "https://currencylayer.com/terms", privacy:
"https://currencylayer.com/privacy", timestamp: 1535062191, source:
"USD", …}privacy: "https://currencylayer.com/privacy"quotes: {USDAED:
3.6732, USDAFN: 72.655033, USDALL: 108.999898, USDAMD: 483.674987, USDANG:
1.84685, …}source: "USD"success: trueterms:
"https://currencylayer.com/terms"timestamp: 1535062191__proto__: Object
currencyConverter.js:19 0.86644 This works!
currencyConverter.js:20 typeof - number
currencyConverter.js:23 undefined This doesn't work
currencyConverter.js:24 typeof = undefined