AlgoDaily - Implement JSON.parse

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function parseJSON(input) {
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    // if the input is empty or starts with an invalid character, throw an error
    if (input === "" || input[0] === "'") {
        throw Error();
    }
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    // check if the input is null, an empty object, empty array, or a boolean and return the value from the input
    if (input === "null") {
        return null;
    }
    if (input === "{}") {
        return {};
    }
    if (input === "[]") {
        return [];
    }
    if (input === "true") {
        return true;
    }
    if (input === "false") {
        return false;
    }
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    //if the input starts with a quote, return the value from inside the quotes
    if (input[0] === '"') {
        return input.slice(1, -1);

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