CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

string object to object in js

var strObj = '{ name:"John Doe", age:33, favorites:{ sports:["hoops", "baseball"], movies:["star wars", "taxi driver"]  }}';

var jsonStr = strObj.replace(/(w+:)|(w+ :)/g, function(s) {
  return '"' + s.substring(0, s.length-1) + '":';
});

var obj = JSON.parse(jsonStr);
console.log(obj.favorites.movies[0]); // expected output: star wars
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