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Are you asking about a javascript array vs json? &nbsp;I think they get confused a lot.<br />
array<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-39831949-1">var beer=[&quot;Dunkel-weizens&quot;,&quot;Porters&quot;,&quot;Stout&quot;];</code></pre>
vs json<br />

<pre><code id="code-20-39831949-2">{
    &quot;beer&quot;: [
        {
            &quot;style&quot;: &quot;Dunkel-weizens&quot;
        },
        {
            &quot;style&quot;: &quot;Porters&quot;
        },
        {
            &quot;style&quot;: &quot;Stout&quot;
        }
    ]
}</code></pre>
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With an array you select items by their index 0,1,2. &nbsp;With json, you can use the names beer or style. &nbsp;<br />
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Do you have a particular use case?
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Are you asking about a javascript array vs json?  I think they get confused a lot.
array


var beer=["Dunkel-weizens","Porters","Stout"];

vs json


{
    "beer": [
        {
            "style": "Dunkel-weizens"
        },
        {
            "style": "Porters"
        },
        {
            "style": "Stout"
        }
    ]
}


With an array you select items by their index 0,1,2.  With json, you can use the names beer or style.  

Do you have a particular use case?

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Can anyone please tell me what is difference between Javascript and JSON?<br />
What are the benefits of JSON over Javascript? When should I be using one over the other?
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Can anyone please tell me what is difference between Javascript and JSON?
What are the benefits of JSON over Javascript? When should I be using one over the other?

what is difference between Javascript and JSON?

JavaScript is a dynamic, object-based language commonly used for client-side scripting in web browsers. Recently, server side JavaScript frameworks have also emerged. JavaScript runs on nearly every operating system and  in almost every mainstream web browser.

JavaScript

A scripting language is a programming language that supports scripts, programs written for a special run-time environment that automate the execution of tasks that could alternatively be executed one-by-one by a human operator. Scripting languages are often interpreted (rather than compiled). Primitives are usually the elementary tasks or API calls, and the language allows them to be combined into more complex programs. Environments that can be automated through scripting include software applications, web pages within a web browser, the shells of operating systems (OS), embedded systems, as well as numerous games. A scripting language can be viewed as a domain-specific language for a particular environment; in the case of scripting an application, this is also known as an extension language.

Scripting Languages

Web development includes all aspects of presenting content on intranets and the Internet, including delivery development, protocols, languages and standards, server software, browser clients, databases and multimedia generation.