CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

string object to object in js

var obj = '{ firstName:"John", lastName:"Doe" }';

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

obj = JSON.parse(jsonStr); //converts to a regular object

console.log(obj.firstName); // expected output: John
console.log(obj.lastName); // expected output: Doe
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