accessing json data from jquery

Question

I'm creating an ajax app using jQuery 1.4.2 and I've tried using using get(), post() and the ajax() method itself. My php service returns:

[{"k":"label0","v":0.5},{"k":"label1","v":99.43},{"k":"label2","v":2.46},{"k":"label3","v":46.29},{"status":"OK"}]

in my success callback I have tried accessing as json.status and json[0][0] but it always returns "undefined". what am I doing wrong?

function getSysinfo(source) {
    var json = null;
    $.ajax({
        url: source,
        type: 'POST',
        dataType: 'json',
        success: function (data) {
            json = eval("(" + data + ")");
            $('#data').html(json.status);
            alert(json[0][0]);
            refreshChart(json);
        },
        error: function (request, status, error) {
            alert("REQUEST:\t" + request + "\nSTATUS:\t" + status + 
                  "\nERROR:\t" + error);
        }
    });
    return json;
}

I've been googling this for days. How the heck do I access the returned data? any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

To access that status value you would need:

data[4].status

This is because it is an object stored in the the fifth element in an array, with status being a property on the object.