array as function paramater

[mrdhood]

I have a function that I need accessed two ways. The first way works which is with an ajax json request.

it loads name(data) which then does alert(data['user_info']['username']);

This works perfect.

However I can't figure out how to set it up when a user clicks a span element it alerts their username. An exmaple code that I'm trying to use would be something like this:

 

<span onclick="name('[\'user_info\':[\'username\':\'test\']]');">click</span>

 

This will not work.

 

alert(data); results in "['user_info':['username':'test']]"

 

It won't convert it to an array.

using new Array() did not help. (at least the way I tried).

 

Thanks for any help. I did try to search, I'm probably doing some dumb mistake that I'm just overlooking.

[Adam]

You're passing the array as a string literal - remove the quotes around it.