Using strings with square brackets to access multidimensional properties of JS objects

gistfile1.js

/**
 * Example: incoming property name (e.g. from PHP) has square brackets, e.g. names[0][1]
 * var property = names[0][1];
 * var value = {
 * 	names: [
 * 		['some', 'data', 'here']
 * 	]
 * }
 * result: value == 'some'
 * 
 * A simple for loop splits the property name into its component parts and evaluates them one level at a time
 */
var propertyParts = property.split('[');
for (var i=0; i<propertyParts.length; i++) {
	value = value[propertyParts[i].replace(']','')];
}