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Recursive implementation of JSON.stringify
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var stringifyJSON = function(object){ | |
// Base case: If not object and is a string, | |
// wrap in quotes and return. | |
// If not passed in (i.e., null), | |
// return empty string. | |
if(typeof object !== 'object' || object === null){ | |
if(typeof object === 'string'){ | |
object = '"' + object + '"'; | |
} | |
return String(object); | |
} else { | |
// If object or array: | |
var property = []; | |
var value = []; | |
var json = []; | |
// Boolean that's toggling whether an array is passed in. | |
var array = (object && object.constructor === Array); | |
// For each key/value pair, if value is a string, | |
// wrap in quotes and reassign. However, | |
// if value is present and is, itself, an object, | |
// recall function and pass it value (because it's an object). | |
for(property in object){ | |
value = object[property]; | |
if(typeof value === 'string'){ | |
value = addEscapeChars(value); | |
value = '"' + value + '"'; | |
} else if(typeof value === 'function' || typeof value === 'undefined'){ | |
delete object[property]; | |
return stringifyJSON(object); | |
} else if(typeof value === 'object' && value !== null){ | |
value = stringifyJSON(value); | |
} | |
json.push((array ? '' : '"' + property + '":') + String(value)); | |
} | |
// Wrap in appropriate bracket type and return. | |
return (array ? '[' : '{') + String(json) + (array ? ']' : '}'); | |
} | |
}; | |
var addEscapeChars = function(string){ | |
var result = []; | |
var chars = string.split(''); | |
for(var i = 0, len = chars.length; i < len; i++){ | |
if(chars[i] === String.fromCharCode(34) || | |
chars[i] === String.fromCharCode(92) ){ | |
result.push(String.fromCharCode(92)); | |
result.push(chars[i]); | |
} else { | |
result.push(chars[i]); | |
} | |
} | |
return result.join(''); | |
}; |
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