convert string to JSON object throws Unexpected token

Question

i am trying to convert a string with escape characters to JSON but get error

  var str = '[{"name":"content","readonly":false,"value":"<div class=\"blueheading\"><h2>Free Gifts for Him</h2><h3><a href=\"http://abcd.com/free-gifts-with-purchase-for-him.aspx\">View all for Him</a></h3></div>"},{"name":"cached","readonly":true,"value":true}]';
            var myObj = JSON.parse(str);

Answer 1

If you want to have \\" in a string literal, you have to escape the \\ : '\\\\"' .

This gives :

var str = '[{"name":"content","readonly":false,"value":"<div class=\\"blueheading\\"><h2>Free Gifts for Him</h2><h3><a href=\\"http://abcd.com/free-gifts-with-purchase-for-him.aspx\\">View all for Him</a></h3></div>"},{"name":"cached","readonly":true,"value":true}]';
var myObj = JSON.parse(str);

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