how to get around a '-' in array path

Question

I make a call to an API

The API returns a result like:

{saved-jobs:[{/*item*/},{/*item*/}]}

I want to access each 'saved-jobs' like so:

success: function(result){
        $.each(result.saved-jobs, function(i, saved_job){
            console.log(saved_job.job_id)
        });
    },

only thing is, the ' - ' in saved-jobs causes an error. I don't have the ability to modify the API and what it returns. how can I get around it?

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

3

You can access object properties using brackets too:

result['saved-jobs']

edited May 23 '17 at 12:11

Community

answered Jul 30 '14 at 13:28

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 30 '14 at 13:27

2

Change result.saved-jobs to result["saved-jobs"].

answered Jul 30 '14 at 13:27

IProblemFactory

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '14 at 13:28

2

You should use:

result["saved-jobs"]

answered Jul 30 '14 at 13:28

Yves Lange

ah thanks, everyone gave the same answer but you were first by about 5 seconds :P will accept after 10 minutes is up – rpsep2 Jul 30 '14 at 13:31

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