replace - Replacing data fields with code in JSON.stringify? -

so can replace property number, string, array, or object in json.stringify, so:

var myobj = {     'allstar': afunction; }  function myreplacer(key, value) {     if(key === 'allstar') {         return 'newfunction()';     } } json.stringify(myobj, myreplacer); //returns '{"allstar": "newfunction()"}' 

but can change instead returns '{"allstar": newfunction()}' (without quotes around newfunction)?

i assume typeof afunction == "function"? if so, json.stringify(myobj) not want do, return '{}' i.e. object without properties, because functions not supported in json.

your desired result not valid json. newfunction() without quotes not supported value (string, number, array, object, boolean, null).

edit: try return newfunction.tostring() in replacer, should deliver function's source string. when converting json back, must eval() string actual function.