javascript - How to parse a string into a hashtable

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Is there an easy (maybe
even single and simple command) way to build a hashtable (associative array, JSON -
whatever) from a string that includes key-value pairs, separated by a given
delimiter.

Example:

n1=v1&n2=v2&n3=v3
(where & is a delimiter)
should return:
[{n1:v1}, {n2:v2},
{n3:v3}]

Example
2:

n1=v1;n2=v2;n3=v3
(where ; is a
delimiter)

Thanks!

Answer

The following will do it in a pretty basic
way and does a check that the key in each case is not empty. All values will be
strings.

function parse(str,
            separator) {
 var parsed = {};
 var pairs =
            str.split(separator);
 for (var i = 0, len = pairs.length, keyVal; i < len;
            ++i) {
 keyVal = pairs[i].split("=");

 if (keyVal[0])
            {
 parsed[keyVal[0]] = keyVal[1];
 }
 }
 return
            parsed;
}

Example:

var
            props = parse("n1=v1&n2=v2&n3=v3", "&");
alert(props.n2); //
            Alerts v2