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title: "How to Convert Json string to a different type"  
description: "How to Convert Json string to a different type"  
author: "Utpal Vishwas"  
published: 2023-09-05  
updated: 2023-09-06  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159841/how-to-convert-json-string-to-a-different-type  
category: "c#"  
tags: ["c#", "json"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# How to Convert Json string to a different type

How to [Convert](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2093/configurationmanager-appsettings-convert-n-to-n-why) [Json](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34446/convert-json-string-to-object) [string](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1527/string-split-in-c-sharp) to a different type

## Replies

### Reply by Aryan Kumar

There are many ways to convert a JSON string to a another type. Here are some examples:

- **Use the** `JSON.parse()` **method in JavaScript:** This method takes a JSON string as a parameter and returns an object of the specified type. For example, the following code converts a JSON string to an array:

JavaScript

```plaintext
var jsonString = '{"name": "John Doe", "age": 30}';
var object = JSON.parse(jsonString);
```

- **Use the** `eval()` **function in JavaScript:** This function takes a string as a parameter and evaluates it as JavaScript code. For example, the following code converts a JSON string to an array:

JavaScript

```plaintext
var jsonString = '{"name": "John Doe", "age": 30}';
var object = eval('(' + jsonString + ')');
```

- **Use the** `json_decode()` **function in PHP:** This function takes a JSON string as a parameter and returns an object of the specified type. For example, the following code converts a JSON string to an array:

PHP

```plaintext
$jsonString = '{"name": "John Doe", "age": 30}';
$object = json_decode($jsonString);
```

- **Use the** `fromJSON()` **function in Python:** This function takes a JSON string as a parameter and returns an object of the specified type. For example, the following code converts a JSON string to an array:

Python

```plaintext
import json

jsonString = '{"name": "John Doe", "age": 30}'
object = json.fromJSON(jsonString)
```

- **Use the** `Newtonsoft.Json` **library in .NET:** This library provides a set of classes that can be used to parse and deserialize JSON strings. For example, the following code converts a JSON string to an array:

C#

```plaintext
using Newtonsoft.Json;

string jsonString = '{"name": "John Doe", "age": 30}';
var object = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(jsonString);
```

The specific method that you use to convert a JSON string to another type depends on the programming language you're using.


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