Using .text() to get formatting of JSON data - json

Question

I'm using:
function pipeCallback(obj) {
to get the contents of a Yahoo pipe (in JSON). I then create a string inside:
document.write("<div......);
var buildstring = ".......;
document.write(buildstring);
document.write("</div>");
Everything works, except that one item in the string:
obj.value.items[x].description.content
contains a lot of text and is stripped of its formatting. Is there a way to define a var (using .text()?) to keep the formatting and then to use the defined term in the string - e.g. something like:
var description = (obj.value.items[x].description.content).text()
and then to use the term 'description' in buildstring in place of obj.value.items[x].description.content.
Thanks for any suggestions/help.
EDIT
#Barmar Thanks. I tried that (I think...):
var description = function() {return (obj.value.items[x].description.content).text()};
var buildstring = "<table><tr><img src=" + imageurl + "> <b>" + obj.value.items[x].title + "</b><br /><td>" + description() + "</td></tr></table><br />";
(imageurl is a separately defined variable). I think I must have missed the point of your suggestion (or not given the right information at first). Anyhow..it didn't work.
EDIT #2
function pipeCallback(obj) {
document.write("<div id=testdiv><b>LATEST NEWS</b><hr>");
var x;
for (x = 0; x < obj.count ; x++)
{
var imageurl = (typeof obj.value.items[x]["media:content"] == 'undefined') ? "http://default.png" : obj.value.items[x]["media:content"].url;
var buildstring = "<table><tr><img src=" + imageurl + "> <b>" + obj.value.items[x].title + "</b><br /><td>" + obj.value.items[x].description.content + "</td></tr></table><br />";
document.write(buildstring);
buildstring = null;
}
document.write("</div>");
}

Answer 1

You can do:
var description = function() {return (obj.value.items[x].description.content).text()};
and then use description() to get this.