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I encountered the following problem in completing my work:
TypeError: Cannot convert undefined or null to object
at Function.keys (native)
at stringify (stringifyJSON.js:18:22)
at stringifyJSON (stringifyJSON.js:27:13)
at stringifyJSONSpec.js:7:20
at Array.forEach (native)
at Context.<anonymous> (stringifyJSONSpec.js:5:26)
at Test.Runnable.run (mocha.js:4039:32)
at Runner.runTest (mocha.js:4404:10)
at mocha.js:4450:12
at next (mocha.js:4330:14)
Below is the code I ran:
// five lines of comments
var stringify = function(obj) {
if (typeof obj === 'function') { return undefined;} // return undefined for function
if (typeof obj === 'undefined') { return undefined;} // return undefined for undefined
if (typeof obj === 'number') { return obj;} // number unchanged
if (obj === 'null') { return null;} // null unchanged
if (typeof obj === 'boolean') { return obj;} // boolean unchanged
if (typeof obj === 'string') { return '"' + obj + '"';} // string gets escaped end-quotes
if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
return obj.map(function (e) { // uses map() to create new array with stringified elements
return stringify(e);
});
} else {
var keys = Object.keys(obj); // convert object's keys into an array
var container = keys.map(function (k) { // uses map() to create an array of key:(stringified)value pairs
return k + ': ' + stringify(obj[k]);
});
return '{' + container.join(', ') + '}'; // returns assembled object with curly brackets
}
};
var stringifyJSON = function(obj) {
if (typeof stringify(obj) != 'undefined') {
return "" + stringify(obj) + "";
}
};
What’s causing it, and how can it be resolved in the “cannot convert undefined or null to object“ in the javascript?
The cause: When you call a function that expects an
Object
as an argument, however, it suppliesundefined
ornull
. This is the cause of the issue. For instance:Solution:
The solution is to review your program and adjust the
null/undefined
condition so that the function either gets the rightObject
or is not called.Check that the destination object isn’t empty (
null
orundefined
).This is how you can initialize destination objects with an empty object: