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copied!<p>OK, here's the skinny. It's an Array!</p> <p>$.isArray(val) will return true and identify it as such, and it can be iterated with $.each(); just like other objects.</p> <p>It is a valid object structure, from valid JSON, and can be avoided by using the JSON_FORCE_OBJECT option in PHP's json_encode(); function. For my needs it is better to not force the object because I'm also dealing with arrays of integers I want returned on a single line.</p> <p>For my needs I changed the first if() in my recusion function from this... </p> <pre><code>if((val == '[object Object]') && (typeof val == 'object')){ </code></pre> <p>to this...</p> <pre><code>if((val != null) && (typeof val == 'object') && ((val == '[object Object]') || (val[0] == '[object Object]'))){ </code></pre> <p>That will match objects, or arrays of objects, then send them back to resurse();</p> <p>Oddly, Javascript complains when val is null and we test against val[0]. I guess it probably makes sense, because you aren't just testing against the value, your also trying to dive into the null object.</p> <p>Thanks for your attention, I figured out my issue, and I've now got an account on Stackoverflow. It's a win-win-win!</p> <p>Thanks again.</p> <p>Skip</p> <hr> <p>Here is the revised buildULfromOBJ(); function...</p> <pre><code>function buildULfromOBJ(obj){ var fragments = []; //declare recursion function function recurse(item){ fragments.push('<ul>'); // start a new <ul> $.each(item, function(key, val) { // iterate through items. if((val != null) && (typeof val == 'object') && // catch nested objects ((val == '[object Object]') || (val[0] == '[object Object]'))){ fragments.push('<li>[' + key + '] =></li>'); // add '[key] =>' recurse(val); // call recurse to add a nested <ul> }else if(typeof(val)=='string'){ // catch strings, add double quotes fragments.push('<li>[' + key + '] = \"' + val + '\"</li>'); }else if($.isArray(val)){ // catch arrays add [brackets] fragments.push('<li>[' + key + '] = [' + val + ']</li>'); }else{ // default: just print it. fragments.push('<li>[' + key + '] = ' + val + '</li>'); } }); fragments.push('</ul>'); // close </ul> } // end recursion function recurse(obj); // call recursion return fragments.join(''); // return results } // end buildULfromJSON() </code></pre> <p>The top two elses are simply to make pretty output, and help deliniate between strings and literals. They can be removed to streamline the flow.</p> <p>Here is the same snippet I posted earlier, properly formatted this time...</p> <pre><code><snippet> [text] = "#Hashtag @PithyTwits @LuvsIt2 http://link1.com http://link2.com http://link3.com" [retweet_count] = 0 [entities] => [hashtags] => [0] => [text] = "Hashtag" [indices] = [0,8] [user_mentions] => [0] => [indices] = [9,20] [screen_name] = "PithyTwits" [name] = "[object Object]" [id_str] = "258175966" [id] = 258175966 [1] => [indices] = [21,29] [screen_name] = "LuvsIt2" [name] = "Strictly Indifferent" [id_str] = "255883555" [id] = 255883555 [urls] => [0] => [indices] = [30,46] [url] = "http://link1.com" [expanded_url] = null [1] => [indices] = [47,63] [url] = "http://link2.com" [expanded_url] = null [2] => [indices] = [64,80] [url] = "http://link3.com" [expanded_url] = null [in_reply_to_screen_name] = null </snippet> </code></pre> <p>Notice that [entities][user_mentions][0][name] = "[object Object]" I stuck that in to ensure that string values don't break the code. Also notice the [indices] items. Those are the arrays I prefer to see on a single line (I get anal over the stupidest stuff :) )</p> <p>Thanks again!</p>

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