Print out Javascript array in table

I have this array:

var employees = [
{ "firstName":"John" , "lastName":"Doe" }, 
{ "firstName":"Anna" , "lastName":"Smith" }, 
{ "firstName":"Peter" , "lastName": "Jones" }
];

JavaScript
​x
 
var employees = [
{ "firstName":"John" , "lastName":"Doe" }, 
{ "firstName":"Anna" , "lastName":"Smith" }, 
{ "firstName":"Peter" , "lastName": "Jones" }
];
​

and I would like to print the entire array out as a html table. How would I accomplish this?

I tried this but could only get the final name the print:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Create Object from JSON String</h2>
<p>
First Name: <span id="fname"></span><br /> 
Last Name: <span id="lname"></span><br /> 
</p> 
<script type="text/javascript">
var txt = '{"employees":[' +
'{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe" },' +
'{"firstName":"Anna","lastName":"Smith" },' +
'{"firstName":"Peter","lastName":"Jones" }]}';

var obj = eval ("(" + txt + ")");

for (i=0; i<txt.length; i++){
    document.getElementById("fname").innerHTML=obj.employees[i].firstName 
    document.getElementById("lname").innerHTML=obj.employees[i].lastName 
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

JavaScript
 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h2>Create Object from JSON String</h2>
<p>
First Name: <span id="fname"></span><br /> 
Last Name: <span id="lname"></span><br /> 
</p> 
<script type="text/javascript">
var txt = '{"employees":[' +
'{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe" },' +
'{"firstName":"Anna","lastName":"Smith" },' +
'{"firstName":"Peter","lastName":"Jones" }]}';
​
var obj = eval ("(" + txt + ")");
​
for (i=0; i<txt.length; i++){
    document.getElementById("fname").innerHTML=obj.employees[i].firstName 
    document.getElementById("lname").innerHTML=obj.employees[i].lastName 
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
​

Answer

Using jQuery you can do:

var txt = '{"employees":[' +
    '{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe" },' +
    '{"firstName":"Anna","lastName":"Smith" },' +
    '{"firstName":"Peter","lastName":"Jones" }]}';

// $.parseJSON will parse the txt (JSON) and convert it to an
// JavaScript object. After its call, it gets the employees property
// and sets it to the employees variable
var employees = $.parseJSON( txt ).employees;

var $table = $( "<table></table>" );

for ( var i = 0; i < employees.length; i++ ) {
    var emp = employees[i];
    var $line = $( "<tr></tr>" );
    $line.append( $( "<td></td>" ).html( emp.firstName ) );
    $line.append( $( "<td></td>" ).html( emp.lastName ) );
    $table.append( $line );
}

$table.appendTo( document.body );

// if you want to insert this table in a div with id attribute 
// set as "myDiv", you can do this:
$table.appendTo( $( "#myDiv" ) );

JavaScript
 
var txt = '{"employees":[' +
    '{"firstName":"John","lastName":"Doe" },' +
    '{"firstName":"Anna","lastName":"Smith" },' +
    '{"firstName":"Peter","lastName":"Jones" }]}';
​
// $.parseJSON will parse the txt (JSON) and convert it to an
// JavaScript object. After its call, it gets the employees property
// and sets it to the employees variable
var employees = $.parseJSON( txt ).employees;
​
var $table = $( "<table></table>" );
​
for ( var i = 0; i < employees.length; i++ ) {
    var emp = employees[i];
    var $line = $( "<tr></tr>" );
    $line.append( $( "<td></td>" ).html( emp.firstName ) );
    $line.append( $( "<td></td>" ).html( emp.lastName ) );
    $table.append( $line );
}
​
$table.appendTo( document.body );
​
// if you want to insert this table in a div with id attribute 
// set as "myDiv", you can do this:
$table.appendTo( $( "#myDiv" ) );
​

jsFiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/davidbuzatto/aDX7E/

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