# String to object variable

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-to-object-variable/281951>\
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**Created:** [February 16, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-to-object-variable/281951 "2009-02-16T01:43:59Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/string-to-object-variable/281951/1 "2009-02-16T01:43:59Z")

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I’m trying to format a variable into the middle of an object so that I can pass the entire thing as a parameter to a javascript function via ExternalInterface, but I cannot figure out how to format the data correctly.

I need it to end up looking like this:

```auto
{gallery:'myvar'}

```

braces and apostrophes included. myvar would be my variable data, which is a string. I tried connecting it all together as a big string, but the javascript function didnt like that. It did accept it if I typed the entire thing staticly as an object variable and passed that. Is there any way I can format it all into a string and then convert the string data to an object? or is there another way to try and accomplish something like this? thanks