On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 8:34 AM, Vineet Deodhar <d_vin...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi ! > Within a web framework, I want want to pass a python sequence (list or > tuple) to client-side javascript function as an array (javascript > compatible) > e.g., I have this list: > L = ['spam', 'ham', 'eggs', 12, (13.63)] > What is the correct way to convert L to javascript array format? > 1) jsonify the list and pass it to javascript > (whether json format & javascript array are similar?)
JSON is in fact a subset of JavaScript, and modern browsers now include a specific API for parsing and generating it (https://developer.mozilla.org/En/Using_native_JSON ). Python likewise has a JSON module in the std lib: http://docs.python.org/library/json.html > OR > 2) >>> import array >>> y = array.array(i, L) > then return y to javascript function > But the problem with this method is, it will give an array of basic values > only. The word "array" gets tossed around a lot by programmers. The `array` module is not at all what you want in this case. Cheers, Chris -- http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
