I have the following json returned by mediawiki.
{"query-continue":{"allcategories":{"accontinue":"SB_Canto_09_Verses_Appearing_in_CC"}},"query":{"allcategories":[{"*":"S"},{"*":"SAY"},{"*":"SB Canto 01 Verses Appearing in CC"},{"*":"SB Canto 02 Verses Appearing in CC"},{"*":"SB Canto 03 Verses Appearing in CC"},{"*":"SB Canto 04 Verses Appearing in CC"},{"*":"SB Canto 05 Verses Appearing in CC"},{"*":"SB Canto 06 Verses Appearing in CC"},{"*":"SB Canto 07 Verses Appearing in CC"},{"*":"SB Canto 08 Verses Appearing in CC"}]}}
The data i want to extract in a list is
S
SAY
SB Canto 01 Verses Appearing in CC
SB Canto 02 Verses Appearing in CC
SB Canto 03 Verses Appearing in CC
..
and so on.
I have the following code
$.ajax({
url: newurl,
dataType: "json",
success:function(result){
//How do I access the elements? Since they are identified as "*"
// I tried
console.log(result.query.allcategories[0].*);
//but it does not work
//but the following apparently gives some output
console.log(result.query.allcategories[0]);
/*
returns
Object {*: "S"} using%20ajax.html:62
Object {*: "S"} using%20ajax.html:62
Object {*: "S"} using%20ajax.html:62
*/ });
});
How do I do this?