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well if you have it in a javascript array format, then it is simple.

You are correct in using responseText, and now you just use the eval function to assign it to a javascript array.

in my code example, you would use responseText as the argument passed to processResponse(), .. then in processResponse() you would set the javascript array like this:

function processResponse(responseText) {
  var myarray = eval(responseText);
  
  document.forms.formname.storename.value=myarray['storename'];
  document.forms.formname.contactname.value=myarray['contactname'];
  document.forms.formname.address.value=myarray['address'];
  document.forms.formname.city.value=myarray['city'];
  document.forms.formname.state.value=myarray['state'];
  document.forms.formname.zipcode.value=myarray['zipcode'];
  document.forms.formname.phone.value=myarray['phone'];
}