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Created September 19, 2012 13:45
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  1. cowboy created this gist Sep 19, 2012.
    15 changes: 15 additions & 0 deletions stringify.js
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    var stringify = function(obj, prop) {
    var placeholder = '____PLACEHOLDER____';
    var fns = [];
    var json = JSON.stringify(obj, function(key, value) {
    if (typeof value === 'function') {
    fns.push(value);
    return placeholder;
    }
    return value;
    }, 2);
    json = json.replace(new RegExp('"' + placeholder + '"', 'g'), function(_) {
    return fns.shift();
    });
    return 'this["' + prop + '"] = ' + json + ';';
    };
    17 changes: 17 additions & 0 deletions usage.js
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    var foo = {
    a: function() { return 'a'; },
    b: function() { return 'b'; },
    'bar.baz': {
    'omg ponies!!': function() { return 'c'; }
    }
    };

    console.log(stringify(foo, 'foo'));

    // this["foo"] = {
    // "a": function () { return 'a'; },
    // "b": function () { return 'b'; },
    // "bar.baz": {
    // "omg ponies!!": function () { return 'c'; }
    // }
    // };