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    ab.c.title =  {};
    ab.c.title2 = {};

    var searchstring = 'ab.c';

    $.each(searchstring, function(x){

    });

I have a string (var = searchstring) which will be used to build the string for the object i want to iterate through in $.each

if i type the object into the 'each' it works.

e.g

    $.each(ab.c, function(x){ };

However if i declare as a string beforehand, this does not work:

    var searchstring = 'ab.c';

    $.each(searchstring, function(x){};

Is there a way to get around this?

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  • I think this will work [searchstring]. Try once Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 4:54
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    Perhaps eval? (Yes, it's evil, slow and wrong, but it would work) Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 4:55
  • Let searchstring be "c", then: ab[searchstring]. Similar approaches will work for any similar promotion (i.e. put ab as a property if needed), as long as there is a "common root" variable - in this case the object graph in question starts at ab. More complex cases, i.e. given: x, how to resolve x.a.b from "a.b" are already answered on SO. Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 4:56
  • Ref. stackoverflow.com/questions/15092912/… , stackoverflow.com/questions/6491463/… , stackoverflow.com/questions/13719593/… (resolving is a subtask of updating) Commented Jun 17, 2013 at 5:02
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