[javascript] How to JSON decode array elements in JavaScript?

If you get this text in an alert:

function(){return JSON.encode(this);}

when you try alert(myArray[i]), then there are a few possibilities:

  • myArray[i] is a function (most likely)
  • myArray[i] is the literal string "function(){return JSON.encode(this);}"
  • myArray[i] has a .toString() method that returns that function or that string. This is the least likely of the three.

The simplest way to tell would be to check typeof(myArray[i]).