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category: [Administration & Integrations, Platform and Product Extensions, Platform and Product Extensions/Integration, Administration & Integrations/Custom Integrations & Apps, Platform and Product Extensions/Workday Extend]
keyword: [Extend, PMD Scripting, Scripts]
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title: parse (jsonString)
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## <a id="section_m3p_myb_5db"></a>Description

Converts a JSON string to the corresponding data object.

## <a id="section_cyq_j1m_zsb"></a>Return Type

`Object`

## <a id="section_dz5_pwg_5db"></a>Namespace Function Syntax

```
json:parse(jsonString)
```

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>jsonString</td><td>A JSON string to convert.</td></tr></tbody></table><br/>

<b>Example</b>

`json:parse('[1, 2]')`

Returns `[1, 2]`